Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Oldkilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldkilcullen
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD028-049013-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Associated with the medieval borough of Kilcullen (KD028-049----). According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 4, 389), in 1456, parliament ordered that a ‘peel or tower forty feet in height below the entablement, twenty feet in length and sixteen feet in breadth’ be constructed to defend Kilcullen. Its precise location is unknown, nor is it certain that it was ever built. There are also references to two other castles in Kilcullen (KD028-049007- and KD028-049009-).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 17 May 2013
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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.