Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Blackhall (bodenstown Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackhall (bodenstown Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.28060, -6.67402
- SMR number
- KD014-034----
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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
In open, low-lying, level ground on a stud farm. The castle was apparently demolished in the mid-1950's and while no visible surface traces survive, sub-surface features may.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.