Carte topographique Leixlip

Nom : Carte topographique Leixlip, altitude, relief.

Lieu : Leixlip, The Municipal District of Celbridge — Leixlip, County Kildare, Leinster, Ireland (53.35912 -6.52147 53.38228 -6.47580)

Altitude moyenne : 53 m

Altitude minimum : 23 m

Altitude maximum : 68 m

British publisher and cartographer Samuel Lewis mentions Confey Castle in the first volume of his 1837 work A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. In it, he comments that Confey's (or Confoy as he spells it) population was 165, had formerly had a town and a castle of some importance, which were noticed by Camden. Of the tower's remains were a massive five-storey structure with turrets at the north and west angles; that at the north angle containing a winding staircase opening through pointed arches into each storey. The principal entrance was under a semicircular archway. In the war of 1688 the castle is said to have been strongly garrisoned, and to have sustained an attack.