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Castle - unclassified

Kilpipe, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Kilpipe, 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
Kilpipe
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
(Site of) Castle & Rampart
Latest-edition OS map
Kilpipe Castle and Rampart (Site of)
Coordinates
52.82395, -6.36464
SMR number
WI039-013002-

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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 S-facing slope. A castle and a rectangular enclosure (WI039-013001-) marked on the first edition OS 6-inch map. According to Price (1936, 52) the field was known locally as the 'castle field', although it was not clear what family may have owned the castle. 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

Price, L. 1936 The Byrne's country in Co. Wicklow in the sixteenth century: and the manor of Arklow. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 66, 41-66.

Nearby in the register

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

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