Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Priesthaggard, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Priesthaggard
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.30581, -6.97192
- SMR number
- WX039-020----
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
Located on a slight N-facing slope. References to a castle at Priesthaggard date from 1570 when it was held by Walter Meyler of Duncormack (WX046-034001-). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) William Sutton owned 120 acres at Price Haggard where there was a ruined castle (Simington 1953, 182, 193). Jeffrey (1979, 160 61) records the existence of vaulted chamber with an entrance of cut stone, murder hole and garderobe chute. It has been removed since the 1980s.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 29 Janury, 2013
References
Jeffrey, W.H. 1979 The castles of County Wexford. Typescript prepared by the Old Wexford Society, Ed. E. Culleton.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.