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Land ownership in the Dublin region: general patterns. This map uses the broad categories of ecclesiastical, lay and royal to show the overall pattern of land ownership across the region.
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Map of lay lands in the Dublin region c.1250. This map uses charter and chronicle evidence from 1170-c.1250 to identify the primary lay grantees of land in the Dublin region.
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The ringwork at Rodanstown, Co. Meath.
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Aerial photograph showing Danestown ringwork (north) and church (south). Faint earthworks can be made out in the fields surrounding the monuments.
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Distribution of mottes, baileys and ringworks in the Dublin region. While mottes are less common in Dublin than in neighbouring counties, the examples in Dublin more often have an associated bailey.
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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 Clane, Co. Kildare. This tree-covered earthwork castle is now surrounded by a housing estate.
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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 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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Distribution of clearly attested masonry castles in the Dublin region, to c.1320.
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Swords Castle, Co. Dublin: the north tower (seen here) is probably fourteenth- or early fifteenth-century in date. It is sometimes referred to as the ‘Constable’s Tower’.
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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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Kindlestown Castle, Co. Wicklow, viewed from north. The outlets for the garderobe chutes can be seen in the projecting tower on the west side.
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Distribution of masonry castles built in the Dublin region after c.1300, excluding those known to have been tower houses.
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Drimnagh Castle, Co. Dublin, is a multi-period building surrounded by a fosse and a stout curtain wall, creating an enclosed bawn that would have provided suitable protection for a range of out-buildings and workshops.
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Distribution of tower houses in the Dublin region, based on DEHLG files, published sources and limited fieldwork.
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Oldcourt, Co. Wicklow. This was probably the service tower for a late medieval hall, now destroyed. Roof-scars are visible where the hall joined the tower.
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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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Distribution of principal medieval manor centres in the Dublin region.
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Dublin region extents, 1250–1358. This chart plots the number of surviving extents which record the existence of manorial buildings and associated structures.
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