What is recorded here

Castle Inch vanished before O'Donovan reached Knockanure in 1841, erasing its stones from memory and land alike. Smith's map captured it in 1756, but even that ink cannot hold what the earth refused to keep. Perhaps it drowned, crumbled or was never more than a border mark drawn by a proud surveyor. In Kerry, forgetting is not loss; it is the landscape taking back what it lent.

According to O'Donovan (OSNB, 1841), this 'Castle Inch' originally lay in the SE of the parish of Knockanure, and it appears on Smith's engraved map of 1756. No trace of it survived in 1841 and it could not be located today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1005. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 October 2013

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