A Mount at Kilmoroney, Queen's Co;y, Taken from Grangemellon, Co;y Kildare, on the River Barrow
A:C: delint. 13th. Augt. 1782 ; Pinxt. 5th Decr. 1784
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| Summary: | View of a mound at Kilmoroney, County Laois, Ireland, consisting of a flat-topped mound of earth which was probably a Norman motte |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Language: | English |
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1781
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| Notes: | From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. I One of 3 drawings on 1 sheet See also 2122 TX (1) 28(B) and 2122 TX (1) 28(C) Title inscribed in ink l.l. under image Image within an ink frame 10.1 x 21.5 cm. Watermark u.l. on sheet seems to be part of a large shield, crowned Drawn by Austin Cooper probably while he was on a visit to an old house of the St. Leger family at Grangemellon in County Kildare during the summer of 1782 Physical description: 1 drawing irregular image 5.7 x 6.4 cm., on sheet 9.5 x 20.9 cm. Citations/References: An Eighteenth Century Antiquary : The Sketches, Notes and Diaries of Austin Cooper (1759-1830) / Liam Price (ed.). - Dublin 1942 page 91 with Plate 10, left Citations/References: Archaeological Inventory of County Laois / P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. - Dublin, 1995 page 102, No. 911 more |
| Credits: | Attributed to Austin Cooper |
