What is recorded here
On level ground on the summit of a flat-topped ridge. Listed as ‘Castle, possible, site’ in the RMP (1995). Described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1928, 91) as a former castle ‘where Castleruddery House stands’. Not visible at ground level.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI021-025
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digital Eye, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dedublinfan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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