Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Windgates, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Windgates
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD010-030----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Murphy (1896, 53), 'In a parliament held at Naas in 1472 a castle was ordered to be built at Windgates, County Kildare, and a levy of £10 was ordered to be made in the county for the purpose … . Round (this castle) there was a bawn (KD010-030001-) … .' The castle and bawn are not recorded on the OS 6-inch maps and their exact location is unknown. It is possible that they were never built.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
Murphy, Rev. D. 1896 The Pale, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 2, 53