Rahinnane Castle | |
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Native name Irish: Caisleán Ráthanáin [1] | |
Type | tower house atop ringfort |
Location | Rahinnane,
Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°08′35″N 10°23′00″W / 52.143050°N 10.383232°W |
Owner | State |
Official name | Rahinnane Castle, Ringfort & Souterrain |
Reference no. | 10045 |
Rahinnane Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. [2] [3]
Rahinnane Castle is located 1.73 km (1.07 mi) northwest of Ventry, in the west of the Dingle Peninsula. [4]
The ringfort on the site was built in the 7th or 8th century AD. The Irish name was originally Rath Fhionnáin — Finan's ringfort.
Local tradition once claimed that this piece of land was the last in Ireland held by the Vikings, as it was so easily defended. [5]
The stone tower house was built in the 15th or 16th century by the FitzGeralds, hereditary Knights of Kerry. [6]
In 1602, towards the end of the Nine Years' War, the castle was taken by Sir Charles Wilmot. It was ruined during the Cromwellian conquest (1649–53). [7] [8]
The ancient earthwork featured a 9 metres (30 ft) deep ditch, an entrance in the southwest and a souterrain in the southeast.
The castle was rectangular and three storeys tall. Most of the outer walls remain; on the inside there is some mural stairway, traces of vaulting and a blind arcade. Two corner turrets are also visible.
More than half the outer walls of the three-storey castle remain. [9]
Rahinnane Castle | |
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Native name Irish: Caisleán Ráthanáin [1] | |
Type | tower house atop ringfort |
Location | Rahinnane,
Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°08′35″N 10°23′00″W / 52.143050°N 10.383232°W |
Owner | State |
Official name | Rahinnane Castle, Ringfort & Souterrain |
Reference no. | 10045 |
Rahinnane Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. [2] [3]
Rahinnane Castle is located 1.73 km (1.07 mi) northwest of Ventry, in the west of the Dingle Peninsula. [4]
The ringfort on the site was built in the 7th or 8th century AD. The Irish name was originally Rath Fhionnáin — Finan's ringfort.
Local tradition once claimed that this piece of land was the last in Ireland held by the Vikings, as it was so easily defended. [5]
The stone tower house was built in the 15th or 16th century by the FitzGeralds, hereditary Knights of Kerry. [6]
In 1602, towards the end of the Nine Years' War, the castle was taken by Sir Charles Wilmot. It was ruined during the Cromwellian conquest (1649–53). [7] [8]
The ancient earthwork featured a 9 metres (30 ft) deep ditch, an entrance in the southwest and a souterrain in the southeast.
The castle was rectangular and three storeys tall. Most of the outer walls remain; on the inside there is some mural stairway, traces of vaulting and a blind arcade. Two corner turrets are also visible.
More than half the outer walls of the three-storey castle remain. [9]