Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castlesallagh, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlesallagh
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.98451, -6.62663
- SMR number
- WI021-034----
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Shown on 4 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
Situated on level ground overlooking marked N- and E-facing slopes above the Slaney River (100m to the E). Square keep with an extension on one side shown on the Down Survey (1655-6). According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 59) 'an old castle stands in Castlesallagh townland'. Not visible at ground level.
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
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
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.