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- Collection: The Medieval Rural Settlement Project
This tree in woodland at Kilteel, Co. Kildare, is one of a number at this location that were clearly coppiced at an early age.
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This sculpted hexagonal shaft once stood in Rathoath Church, Co. Meath, but it was moved to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Trim. It is one of the finest pieces of stone carving from medieval Ireland.
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This cusped ogee-headed window under a square hood-moulding is one of the tower walls of the church at Mainham, County Kildare.
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There are almost 300 churches of medieval date in the Dublin region, including parish churches, subsidiary churches and chapels of ease.
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The taller of the two granite crosses at Ballymore Eustace Church, Co. Kildare.
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The small flat-topped motte at Newcastle Lyons, Co. Dublin, is the only motte in thesouth of the county. Built on crown lands, this may be the castle that gives the village its name.
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The round tower at Swords, Co. Dublin, is the most visible reminder of the pre-Anglo-Norman church at this site. The square tower beside it was probably built in the fifteenth century.
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The River Liffey near Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
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The ringwork at Rodanstown, Co. Meath.
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The residential tower at Leixlip Church, Co. Kildare.
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The Pale in the later fifteenth century, based primarily on the places mentioned in the acts of 1488 and 1495.
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The motte at Mainham, Co. Kildare, is situated in pasture land close to the medieval church.
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The motte at Hortland, Co. Kildare, is just 50m from the site of a church. There is now no trace above ground of either the church or the stone castle that is recorded at this site.
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The motte at Clane, Co. Kildare. This tree-covered earthwork castle is now surrounded by a housing estate.
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The main methods of woodland management are A) coppicing and B) pollarding.
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The locations of sections of the Pale boundary that are still visible in the twenty-first century.
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The large, flat-toppped motte at Galtrim, Co. Meath, was probably built by Hugh de Hussey in the early 1170s, but appears to have been abaondoned by 1176.
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The known medieval landing places in the Dublin region, attested in the sources (map by Niall Brady).
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The interior of the church beside Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin, looking west.
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The gatehouse and castle at Rathcoffey, Co. Kildare, are set within large open fields that have been producing arable crops most years for the best part of a thousand years.
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