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Castle - unclassified

Knockanrawley, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Knockanrawley, 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
Knockanrawley
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
52.47299, -8.15701
SMR number
TS067-004002-

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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

On a height in the SE section of the town, c. 100m NE of the River Ara. Corporation housing and warehouses constructed since 1954 currently occupy the location. This castle is not indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map and on the 25-inch map it is designated as ‘King John’s Castle (Supposed site of)’ with hachures depicting the SE portion of an inner and outer curving scarp, with a suggestion that the scarp continues on both sides northward beneath modern property boundaries. There are no known historical references to this castle and as there are no visible remains at ground level it is not possible to ascertain the nature or date of this castle.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 09 June 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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