Castle in Newcastle North

Located in a level field of pasture W of the medieval church in the village of Newcastle (DU020-003005-). This is a broad flat-topped mound (diam. of base 26m; diam. of top 14m; H 5m). There is no evidence for a bailey. It was constructed c. 1200 AD (O'Keeffe 1986, 44-5). Austin Cooper writing in 1780 describes a very deep, wide fosse which is no longer apparent (Price (ed.) 1942, 27). DU020-003001-_01 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3707 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003001-_02 Photograph courtesy of Patrick Healy, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/2069 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003001-_02 Photograph courtesy of Rocshot.com/Rob O'Connor, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10691, © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023