What is recorded here

Castle stands on a motte in County Longford, where a short mortared rubble wall still breaks the summit grass. In 1518 the rental book of the earl of Kildare recorded payment from Castell Corr, tying the rise to lived obligation rather than forgotten myth. The wall may be all that remains of a building that once watched the barony, yet the name and shape suggest a place where power was measured in cartrons, werys and the weight of stone.

Associated with a motte (LF026-013001-). In 1518 the rental book of the earl of Kildare records payment from ‘Castell Corr 2 cartrons with the werys [LF026-013003-]’ (Mac Niocaill 1992, 275). A castle is depicted on an early 17th-century map of Rathcline barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.i.48). The remains of a short stretch of a mortared rubble wall (H 3m; Wall T 2m; L 4m) on the E edge of the summit of the motte may be the remains of this castle. (SMR file 1976) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 October 2012

The castle, associated with a motte in County Kildare, was likely held by the earl of Kildare by 1518, as recorded in a rental book. It is remembered for its inclusion in medieval administrative records, indicating its role in the lordship's economic and territorial management.

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