What is recorded here
Carmanhall and Leopardstown still argue about which side of the county takes the castle, while the castle refuses to choose. That ambiguity is not a gap, but a shape: a room with two doors, neither leading outside. Mapping it requires drawing both claims and leaving the middle empty. The castle reappears whenever that empty middle is drawn, not when a point is forced upon it.
The Down Survey (1655-6) maps show a castle at Carmanhall or Leopardstown. Not precisely located.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 6 July 2018
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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