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Castle - unclassified

Castlemiles, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Castlemiles, 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
Castlemiles
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Castle Miles (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Castle Miles (in Ruins)
Coordinates
51.98505, -7.91047
SMR number
WA037-021002-

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a broad plateau. Described as Castle Miles on the 1840 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map. A wall (L 4.5m E-W; T 1.25m; H 1.5m) on the inner face of the bank of moated site (WA037-021001-) at N, with a recess on the N side, may be the remains of a gateway or of a castle.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 01 March 2012

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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