Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rathvilly, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathvilly
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.88023, -6.69713
- SMR number
- CW004-009----
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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
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
Approximately rectangular, level platform (50m N-S, 40m E-W; H at N 1.5m, at S c. 0.5m). Slight depression at base of platform at N. Castle may have stood in oval enclosure. According to Keogh (Carloviana 1983, 10-11), castle built by Hugh de Lacy, was mentioned in 1347 in grant from Edward III to Duke of Norfolk, and was severely damaged in 1650 but rebuilt and used as residence until c. 1736.
Nearby in the register
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- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.