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Castle - unclassified

Ballynilard, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Ballynilard, 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
Ballynilard
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
52.46869, -8.19682
SMR number
TS066-066----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

In grassland atop low rise of ground overlooking stream 50m to N with good views in all directions. Holy Well (TS066-065----) 200m to SSW and church (TS066-068001-) 370m to S. No surface remains visible. According to the OS letters the stones of the castle were removed from the location in the early 1800s (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 37).

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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