Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque
Townparks (phillipstown Lower By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (phillipstown Lower By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.29295, -7.29182
- SMR number
- OF018-006011-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Two rectangular shaped limestone plaques, one of which is now in the Library (OF018-006010-), the other is in Castlebarnagh golf clubhouse (OF018-008----) and said to have come from the gate piers of the entrance to the Fort Castle (OF018-006001-). Both decorated in false relief with achievement of arms and dating to mid-sixteenth century. (JKAS 1941 275-78).
Nearby in the register
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.