What is recorded here

Carlow is the smallest county in Ireland, a tight chamber where history still breathes. It is also called the Dolmen County because the Brownshill Dolmen stands there, a chamber built around 3500 BC with one of the largest known capstones in Europe. The town itself sits on the River Barrow, and the county gave its name to the wider region rather than the other way around.

Sited at the confluence of the rivers Burren and Barrow. Earliest charter dates to c. 1223. Its main elements include the castle (CW007-018002-) founded by William Marshall and town defences (CW007-018006-), although no traces of the latter survive. (see CW007-018001- to CW007-018008-) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

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