Rahinnane Castle
Rahinnane Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland.[1][2]
Location
Rahinnane Castle is located Vorlage:Convert northwest of Ventry, in the west of the Dingle Peninsula.[3]
History
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.[4]
The stone tower house was built in the 15th or 16th century by the FitzGeralds, hereditary Knights of Kerry.[5]
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).[6][7]
Building
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The ancient earthwork featured a Vorlage:Convert 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.
Rahinnane Castle was built in the 15th or 16th century by the Knight of Kerry. It is a large ruinous rectangular tower inside a massive circular earthwork. There is a huge bank and ditch approximately 9m deep. More than half the outer walls of the three-storey castle remain.[8]
References
- ↑ Frank Schorr: Rahinnane Castle. In: www.castles.ancientireland.org.
- ↑ Leslie Alcock: Dinas Powys: An Iron Age, Dark Age, and Medieval Settlement in Glamorgan. University of Wales Press via Google Books, 27. Juni 1963.
- ↑ Irish Castles - Rahinnane Castle. In: www.britainirelandcastles.com.
- ↑ Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. The Society via Google Books, 27. Juni 2018.
- ↑ Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Michael Hales: Secret landscapes: mysterious sites, deserted villages, and forgotten places of Great Britain and Ireland. Select Editions via Google Books, 27. Juni 1980.
- ↑ Ancient to Medieval (And Slightly Later) History - Rahinnane Castle, County Kerry, Ireland Rahinnane... In: Ancient to Medieval (And Slightly Later) History.
- ↑ Administrator: Ventry - Ceann Trá. In: www.dingle-peninsula.ie.
- ↑ Rahinnane Castle. In: irishantiquities.bravehost.com.