Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Cangort Demesne, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cangort Demesne
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cangort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cangort
- Coordinates
- 52.99087, -7.95384
- SMR number
- OF042-013----
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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
No surface trace visible of castle which was besieged and destroyed by the Cromwellian forces in the 17th-century. 19th-century Cangort House built on site of the castle (Bence-Jones 1978, 55)
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
Bence-Jones, M. 1978 Burke's Guide to Country Houses: Volume 1 Ireland. London. Burke's Peerage Ltd.
Bence-Jones, M. 1988 A guide to Irish country houses. London
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.