Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rattoo, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rattoo
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE009-074----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Rattoo Castle (site of). This was a stronghold of the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Desmond and Lords of Kerry. In 1600 Sir Charles Wilmot's forces took Rattoo Castle and garrisoned it. However, no surface trace of this castle remains today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1003. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
References
Toal, C. 1995 North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority.