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Castle - tower house

Ballintruer Beg, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Ballintruer Beg, County Wicklow, 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
Ballintruer Beg
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Castle in ruins
Latest-edition OS map
Ballintruer Castle (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.98167, -6.64702
SMR number
WI021-028----

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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

Situated on level ground at the foot of a steep W-facing slope with gentle slopes to the W and N. The remains consist of the foundations of a tower (ext. dims. 8.6m E-W; 8.5m N-S) constructed of uncoursed rubble (Wth 1.3-1.5m) with a slight base-batter. The S wall is best preserved surviving to a height of 3m at the E end. This wall continues westward possibly representing a bawn (WI021-028001-) to the W of the tower (overall length of S wall 16m) turning northwards at its W end for 3.5m. This N-S section of wall survives as a single course only. Just W of the S wall is a gap (Wth 1.5m) which may represent a doorway with a small segment of wall running E-W (L c. 2m) beyond it. The castle is located on the SE lip of an oval enclosure (WI021-028002-) (int. dims. 44m E-W; 33.5m N-S) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.8m; D 0.7m). There is no evidence for a causeway or bank but there are traces of an entrance near the possible doorway in the S wall.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 17 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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