Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castlefarm, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlefarm
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Court (1846)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Court (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.18274, -9.59742
- SMR number
- KE048-035001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On top of an elevated limestone outcrop partially covered by deciduous trees and strewn by loose moss-covered stones. The top edge of the outcrop is defined intermittently along its N (L c. 25m) and W (L c. 40m) sides by a linear bank (Wth c. 1.5m; H 0.5m) (KE048-035002-); the site is depicted by a dotted line enclosing a roughly rectangular area (c. 60m N-S; c. 50m E-W) on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. In the centre of the area defined by the bank is the remains of a rectangular structure (8.8m N-S; 8.4m E-W) defined by the basal courses of a random-rubble wall (T 0.85m; H 0.5m) bonded by a lime mortar. The exact nature of the monument is unclear but the name 'Court' suggests it may be the remains of a late-16th/early 17th-century fortified residence.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 41/1976).
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.