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Castle - unclassified

Aughrim Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Aughrim Upper, 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
Aughrim Upper
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
(Site of) Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.86244, -6.33396
SMR number
WI034-021----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (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 a gentle SE-facing slope overlooking the Aughrim River. Marked as 'Site of Castle' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; the field to the N is still called the 'Castle Field'. Not visible at ground level. Local landowner discovered a passage or a large stone lined culvert along the SW side of the laneway leading to the site from the NW. Some of the stone used in the late 19th century to construct 2 farm labourers cottages immediately S of the site (on the W side of the laneway leading to the site from the SW) look as though they could have been re-utilized from an earlier building' (SMR File 27/06/1990).

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: 5 May 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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