Topografische kaart Leixlip

Naam: Topografische kaart Leixlip, hoogte, reliëf.

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

Gemiddelde hoogte: 53 m

Minimale hoogte: 23 m

Maximale hoogte: 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.