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The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
According to Fitzgerald (JKAS 1912-14, 127), Manor of Clonogan belonged to Earls of Kildare in sixteenth century. Forfeited to Crown in 1534. Valuation of manor made in 1540 found 'the chief dwelling of the Manor of "Cloneogan" was formerly a castle, ... but now ruinous, waste and uninhabited ...' Marked on Down Survey (1655-6) map and described as 'an old castle'. Present remains consist of rectangular enclosure (45m x 35m) defined by ploughed-out remains of two banks with intervening fosse, visible at S, and at E where fosse is occasionally visible as cropmark. At NW and NE the banks are overlain by road and modern field boundary respectively. N portion of interior is raised above S portion. Materials from castle used to build Clonogan House about 1820.
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