What is recorded here

Kilmacogue Castle stood on a SE-facing upland slope until demolition removed its towers, leaving only a square earth bank and shallow fosse behind. That sudden absence turned a working fortress into a ghost outline, forcing later visitors to read human life through soil rather than stone. The preserved shape still marks where walls blocked the valley and where a causeway may have admitted travellers from the medieval road to the north.

Situated on the SE-facing slope of a hillock in an upland area. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as the 'site of a demolished castle' (Simington 1934, 192). The site consists of a square area (dims. 11.5m N-S; 9m E-W) enclosed by a wide flat-topped earth and stone bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1-2m) and outer fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.4m) with possible causewayed entrance at SW. Possibly an earthwork castle associated with a nearby medieval road (31:42) to the N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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