Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Wilton, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wilton
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Wilton Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Wilton Castle
- Coordinates
- 52.45920, -6.61355
- SMR number
- WX025-026002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
William Alcock acquired the land of the old Keyer fief in 1695 from Capt. Robert Thornhill who had been granted the forfeited Butler lands in the Cromwellian period. Alcock built a house (Jeffrey 1979, 205 6) which was replaced by the present Gothic mansion in 1840 to a design of Daniel Robertson of Kilkenny. This house was burnt in 1923 but the ruin still survives (Bence-Jones 1988, 285).
The location of the castle of Keyer is not certainly known, but Alcock’s house is probably on the same site as the present Wilton Castle. This is situated on a platform overlooking the SW-NE Boro River at a point where it turns N, with the stream immediately to the W. There is no evidence of an older structure in the ruin.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3, July, 2012
References
Bence-Jones, M. 1978 Burke's Guide to Country Houses: Volume 1 Ireland. London. Burke's Peerage Ltd.
Jeffrey, W.H. 1979 The castles of County Wexford. Typescript prepared by the Old Wexford Society, Ed. E. Culleton.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.