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Castle - motte

Coolquill, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte, Coolquill, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolquill
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.57131, -7.62213
SMR number
TS054-054----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On high ground in upland region with Coolquill castle (TS054-053----) 560m to the W in a recently planted confierous plantation. No accesss road provided into monument which is now located in the centre of a large coniferous plantation. Possible motte located in the centre of the 'Old Deer Park' (TS054-071----) associated with the nearby tower House (TS054-053----). Described in the OS letters as a 'moat measuring 50 paces in circumference at the base and about 16 ft [4.8m] high (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 154). It is depicted on the 25-inch OS map as a roughly circular raised area (diam. c. 40m N-S; c. 36m E-W). Access to the monument was not gained.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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