Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Athgarrett, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athgarrett
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.18744, -6.57434
- SMR number
- KD025-005----
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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
Although not recorded on any edition of the OS mapping, Taylor's Map of County Kildare (1783) shows a castle in this area. In tillage at the SW foot of a steep hill. In 1986, during clearance works in a field known locally as 'Castle Field', a hoard of pewter plates, a medieval tile, portions of two cauldrons and an undated token were found (NMI file). While no visible surface trace of a castle survives, the finds suggest it may have stood in this general area. (De Burgh 1896, 315)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 23 July 2012
References
De Burgh, T.J. 1896 Ancient Naas: outposts and longstones. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 2, 315-24.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.