Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Franckfort, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Franckfort
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Franckfort Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Franckfort Castle
- Coordinates
- 52.91822, -7.90909
- SMR number
- OF045-045----
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
No building of medieval date survives amongst the late 18th/19th-century demesne buildings. Datestone over entrance to bawn wall on E side is an insertion and does not date the existing demesne wall. The stone is dated 1732 and probably belongs to a post-medieval building on the same site. The surviving moat is late 18th/19th-century in date and has no medieval associations. (Cooke 1875, 223)
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).
Cooke, T.L. 1875 The early history of the town of Birr. Dublin. Robertson.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.