Rahinnane Castle

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Rahinnane Castle
Rahinnane Castle

Rahinnane Castle

Alternative name (s): Caisleán Ráthanáin
Creation time : 15th or 16th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg (Tower House)
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Irish nobility
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Ventry
Geographical location 52 ° 8 '35 "  N , 10 ° 22' 59.6"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '35 "  N , 10 ° 22' 59.6"  W.
Height: 49  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Rahinnane Castle (Ireland)
Rahinnane Castle

Rahinnane Castle ( Irish Caisleán Ráthanáin ) is the ruin of a tower house about 1.7 km northwest of Ventry in the western part of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland . The castle ruins are considered a national monument .

history

A ráth at this point was found in the 7th or 8th century BC. Built in BC. The Irish-Gaelic name was originally Ráth Fhionnáin , German: "Finans Ráth".

Local legend says that this piece of land was the last to be held by the Vikings because it was so easy to defend.

The stone Tower House was built in the 15th or 16th centuries for the FitzGeralds , who bore the hereditary title of Knights of Kerry .

In 1602, towards the end of the Nine Years' War , the castle was taken by troops led by Sir Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot . During the reconquest of Ireland (1649-1653) it was laid in ruins.

description

Another view of the ruin

The old, round earthwork had a 9 meter deep trench, an entrance in the southwest and a basement in the southeast.

The castle was rectangular and three stories high. Most of the outer walls have been preserved; Inside you can still see a staircase in the wall, as well as vaults and a blind arcade . There are also two corner tourellen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Caisleán Ráthanáin / Rahinnane Castle . In: Logainm.ie . Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ Frank Schorr: Rahinnane Castle . In: Ancient Ireland . Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ Dinas Powys: An Iron Age, Dark Age, and Medieval Settlement in Glamorgan . University of Wales Press. June 27, 1963. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  4. ↑ Irish Castles - Rahinnane Castle . In: Britain Ireland Castles . Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . The Society. June 27, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  6. ^ Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Michael Hales: Secret landscapes: mysterious sites, deserted villages, and forgotten places of Great Britain and Ireland . Select Editions. June 27, 1980. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  7. ↑ Ancient to Medieval (And Slightly Later) History - Rahinnane Castle, County Kerry, Ireland Rahinnane ... . In: Ancient to Medieval (And Slightly Later) History . Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  8. ^ Ventry - Ceann Trá . In: Dingle Peninsula . Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  9. ↑ a b Rahinnane Castle . In: Irish Antiquities . Retrieved January 24, 2019.

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