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House - 17th century

Wilton, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - 17th century, Wilton, County Wexford, 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
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-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

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

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