Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Walled garden
Kilcowan Lower,kilcowan Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcowan Lower,kilcowan Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.23140, -6.59609
- SMR number
- WX046-074----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
Oliver Keating was possessed of the manor of Kilcowan at the time of his death in March 1629 (Jeffrey 1979, 78-9). This consisted of a castle (WX046-042001-), a hall (WX046-042002-), an orchard, a messuage (WX046-068----) or house and appurtenances, and at least two cottages (WX046-069----; WX046-070----). The site of the castle was at the W edge of a rectangular wooded area (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 25m N-S) as depicted on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and this area is known locally to have been an orchard before it was removed. It cannot be certain that this is on the site of the original orchard, or that it was defined by a wall.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 August, 2103
References
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
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Courtyardunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.