Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Castlemartin, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlemartin
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castlemartin
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castlemartin
- Coordinates
- 53.13567, -6.75211
- SMR number
- KD028-023----
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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
On a former demesne, c. 100m W of the N-Flowing River Liffey. A medieval church (KD028-022----) stands c. 275m to the NE. The castle was the property of Arnold Fitz Eustace le Poer by 1317, and in 1448 it was unsuccessfully attacked by Cathal O'Connor Faly. It was subsequently burnt in 1647 before being recaptured and destroyed by Colonel Hewson (Tickell 1955, 271-2; 1958, 308, 316-7). Partial remains are incorporated into the basement an early 18th-century house, and comprise a rectangular structure (int. L 10.7m; Wth 5.2m) of uncoursed limestone rubble, into which a later partition wall has been inserted. The present doorway is probably original and there are at least two, blocked, loops with deep splays. A barrel vaulted ceiling bears traces of wicker centring. (Bence-Jones 1978, 72; Meagher 1979-80, 86).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 26 November 2012
References
Meagher, N. 1979-80, Castlemartin, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society Vol 16, No. 2, 86
Tickell, E. F. 1960 The Eustace Family and their lands in County Kildare, Part 3. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 13, 364-413.
Bence-Jones, M. 1978 Burke's Guide to Country Houses: Volume 1 Ireland. London. Burke's Peerage Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.