Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildare
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.15669, -6.90910
- SMR number
- KD022-029025-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Acording to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 211-12), Rocque's map of Kildare town (1757) shows a mound to the SW of the Anglo Norman masonry castle (KD022-029004-). This may have been a motte which was subsequently incorporated into the defences of the later castle. No visible surface traces survive.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 30 January 2012
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1986 Urban Archaeological Survey - County Kildare (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.