Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ardcanaght, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardcanaght
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE037-061----
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The National Monuments Service's description
This record refers to an unlocated castle in Trughanacmy Barony. Sir Richard Cox's Description of Kerry in 1687 recorded that 'in this barony at the foot of Slievelogher stands the Castle of Arnagragh [Ardcanaght?] near which is to be found the best blackslatt in Ireland' (de Brún 1972).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 January 2022
References
de Brún, P. 1972 Sir Richard Cox’ s Description of Kerry, 1687. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, Series 1 Vol. 5, 33-45.
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