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Castle - tower house

Kilgainy Upper, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Kilgainy Upper, County Waterford, 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
Kilgainy Upper
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Kilgainy Castle (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Kilgainy Castle (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.35458, -7.66702
SMR number
WA001-014----

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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

Situted at the W end of a low E-W ridge. Marked as a 'decayed castle' on the Down Survey (1655-6) map, it was owned by Thomas Prendergast in 1640 (Simington 1942, 101). Rectangular structure (int. dims. 7.15m E-W; 5.5m N-S) surviving to a height of 1.5-3m, except the E wall which is destroyed. A semicircular protrusion at the E end of the S wall originally contained the newel stairs. The walls are thin (Wth 0.35-0.5m) and there is one light in the W wall. The foundations of internal walls, and an oven in the SW angle, are secondary. There is no evidence of an entrance or vaulting. It is probably 17th century in date.

Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

Nearby in the register

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

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