Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rathmore, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- CW003-019----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Mentioned in 1589 as one of eight principal castles of Carlow (JKAS 1932, 80). Marked 'an old castle' on Down Survey (1655-6) map. On site or in immediate vicinity of Rathmore House or possibly identifiable with remnant of tumulus (CW003-020----) of NW of church site (CW003-021----). The precise location of the castle within the townland is unknown.