Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Ballyhook Hill, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhook Hill
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stratford Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.99460, -6.68767
- SMR number
- WI021-024----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the summit of steep-sided Ballyhook hill. Listed as ‘Castle’ in the SMR (1986) and as ‘Building, possible, site’ in the RMP (1995). Indicated as a rectangular structure (c. 20m x 8m) and named ‘Stratford Castle (in ruins)’ on the 1839 and 1910 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 94) refer to the local belief that this was a ‘fowling house’ built by Edward, Earl of Aldborough, and not a castle. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 5 December 2012
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1928 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Wicklow collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Burial ground1 mi
- Font1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.