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Situated on a very gentle W-facing slope in a marshy area. No surface remains visible, slightly raised ground (H c. 0.3m) in area where ‘Site of Castle’ is marked on Ordnance Survey maps. Levelled castle location indicated as a narrow rectangular area in dotted outline on 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Please note that the description published in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997) for this monument, Inventory No. 1997, p. 185, refers in error to Oldcourt Castle in Bray (WI008-002----), Co. Wicklow. The National Monuments Service is indebted to Mr Peter Halligan for drawing this error to our attention. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien and Gearóid Conroy Date of uploads: 10 May 2016 and 15 November 2022

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Site of Castle — Oldcourt (talbotstown Lower By.)

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