Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Grangeclare West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grangeclare West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD013-021----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Depicted as a castle and named 'Grange Clear Ca.' on Taylor's 1783 Map of County Kildare. On a narrow, level terrace on a gentle E-facing pasture slope. There is no visible surface of a castle but there is an earthwork of a possible bawn (KD0013-021001-) there. In 2004, archaeological test-trenching (Licence No. 04E0368) in advance of the construction of a private dwelling house immediately to the W, and its associated driveway to the S, revealed no archaeological deposits (Purcell 2007, 197 (No. 823)). The precise location of this castle has not been identified and it is uncertain if this earthwork (KD013-021001-) is associated with the castle.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 17 June 2016
References
Bennett, I. (ed.) 2007 Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. Dublin. Wordwell.