Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Stonestown, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stonestown
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.20996, -7.87715
- SMR number
- OF022-025----
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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
Only the lower wall footings mark the site of Stonestown Castle that is mentioned in the nineteenth century OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 2, 4). The letters state that the Down Survey indicated a castle in Stonestown and that no castle existed there in 1838 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 2; Loeber 1988, vol. 4, 47). Seventeenth century Down Survey (1654-7) barony map of Garrycastle shows a possible keep or tower in Stonestown (Loeber 1988, vol. 4, 47; NLI, MS. 716).
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
NLI, MS 716 - National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey, of Offaly attested by W. Petty, in 1657. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 33 maps with accompanying terriers in two volumes, 1786-7. Dublin.
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.
Loeber, R. 1988 Field notes and references for Co. Offaly Sites. Vol. I-V. Unpublished.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.