The Medieval Rural Settlement Project

The Medieval Rural Settlement Project commenced in 2002 to consider the nature of the archaeological landscape associated with rural Ireland in the period c. 1100-1650 AD. The Project has four principal modules, each of which will result in a significant monograph publication. The modules were chosen to represent a cross-section of the diverse…

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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.

Аутор: The Discovery Programme

Идентификатор извора: MRSP_DUB_FIG_05_30

Врста извора: Image

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Just out of view to the right is a ringfort, but the focus of settlement appears to have moved to the crest of the hill, where the Wogan family built a castle in the early fourteenth century.

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