Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Camp (corkaguiny By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Camp (corkaguiny By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Camp Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Camp Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.21924, -9.90495
- SMR number
- KE037-032----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Camp Castle: Possibly built by a branch of the FitzGeralds (Coleman 1909, 152-3), the castle is now represented only by a low mound and some random mortared masonry. Grass-grown wall foundations adjoining the mound may be the remains of ancillary buildings. The site has changed little since the 19th century (OSNB Kilgobban, 48). The castle was located in a commanding position, overlooking Tralee Bay to the North.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1002. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.
Coleman, J. 1909 The castles and abbeys of the Co. Kerry. Kerry Archaeological Magazine 1 (3), 148-58.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.