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Castle in Craddockstown

Castle, ringwork

What is recorded here

A little below the crest of a bluff between two valleys, in tillage and grassland. There are good views in all directions. A circular raised platform (diam. c. 48m N-S; c. 51m E-W) defined by scarp (H 2.8m) and a flat-bottomed, steep-sided external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 1.8m), which is largely infilled at E. The raised nature of this monument suggests it may be a ringwork rather than a ringfort.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK012-044

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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