Town defences in Carlow — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

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 Documentary evidence indicates town was fortified in mid-fourteenth century (Otway-Ruthven 1968, 287). No visible trace. Precise location and extent unknown. (Bradley 1989, 8)

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.