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Castle in Rathasker

Castle, unclassified

What is recorded here

In an enclosure (KD024-001001-) and visible as the foundations of a rectangular structure (SMR file). Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (KD024-001001-) or bawn visible in aerial photographs, no visible remains of castle building (Digital Globe). In 1837 according to the OSL (Herity 2002, 59 (173)), ‘In Rathascar T.L. are the ruins of a castle standing in the centre of a Fort or Mound’ [KD024-001001-]. Both monuments were levelled in 1984, but subsurface remains may survive.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD024-001002

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  • Royalcanalrunner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andy Cronin, via Athgarvan GAA & LGFA Club, www.athgarvangaa.ie
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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