Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Monasteroris, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monasteroris
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Monastery
- Latest-edition OS map
- Monastery (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.34575, -7.08197
- SMR number
- OF012-001----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Grass-covered foundations on high ground overlooking surrounding countryside. Parts of SW and NE walls remaining (overall dims. 14m SE-NW, c. 12m SW-NE) but nothing to indicate nature of site. The orientations and size of the site would not indicate an ecclesiastical site, it may well be a tower house. (O'Flanagan 1933, 87). One of two castles (OF011-011----) at Monasteroris that were mentioned in the 1550 Survey of the area. The 1550 survey of Offaly recorded that there were two castles at Monasteroris, 'one newlie builded and thother all runyose', in addition to the ruined walls of the friary 'burnyd and rasid' and a mill and orchard (Curtis 1929 326, Fitzpatrick and O'Brien 1998, 108-9).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
FitzPatrick, E. and O'Brien, C. 1998 The medieval churches of County Offaly. Dublin. Dúchas The Heritage Service.
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Curtis, E. 1930 The survey of Offaly in 1550. Hermathena 20, No. 45, 312-52. Dublin. Hodges Figgis, & Co.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.