Castle in Simmonstown, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Recorded in the OSL (Herity 2002, 9) as, '… a Castle in ruins, of which a great part is remaining.' On level pasture. The ruins were burnt c. 1980 and subsequently removed, leaving no visible surface trace of the monument (SMR file). Some sub-surface features may, however, survive.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD011-016

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