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Castle - unclassified

Castlemacadam, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Castlemacadam, 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
Castlemacadam
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
52.85008, -6.21923
SMR number
WI040-005----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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 the NW edge of a spur of ground overlooking the Avoca River. Only one wall (L 5m; H 3m) of the castle survives, c. 80m SW of the 19th-century church (now abandoned). The castle stood within the medieval borough of Carysfort (WI034-010----). (Price 1936, 51-2)

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

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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