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House - 18th/19th century

Toureen, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - 18th/19th century, Toureen, 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
Toureen
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Maguires Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.40459, -7.98157
SMR number
TS075-024----

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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

Toureen Wood House is depicted on 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Maguire's Castle' and is described in the OS Namebook as 'A habitable castle'. Formerly part of the Charters Estate. The house appears to have been built in the early 19th century. It is depicted on the 2nd (1901-05) ed. OS 6-inch map as a smaller, unnamed building and according to the present owners the house was formerly a hunting lodge. Opposite the former 'Maguire's Castle' there is a ruinous building in the grounds, only the façade of which survives (L 13.7m; B 2.6m; wall T 0.54m), associated with a large walled area enclosing c. one and a half acres. The building is built into an NE-facing slope and rests on a stone plinth (H 0.9m; Wth 0.5-0.12m). The superstructure is recessed by 0.1m and has four square windows (0.48m x 0.48m). It is composed of rubble sandstone roughly coursed with a cat-slide roof on projecting porch (wall T 0.47m). A possible two-storey structure with evidence of openings at the base of first-floor level. The interior has a flue at either end which was brick-lined internally.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 07 April 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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