Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rathduff Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathduff Upper
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK027-069----
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The National Monuments Service's description
A substantial castle depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Kells, County Kilkenny and annotated, 'Kells Rath Castle' (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The castle appears to be located in the S portion of the modern townland of Rathduff Upper, though its precise location within the townland is unknown.
See attached:
KK027-069----_01 extract from the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Kells, Co. Kilkenny (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 23 May 2023