County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

, Ireland is home to a wide range of fortified

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

structures. The castles below are referenced by the Irish National Grid on Ordnance Survey maps.

Overview

Castles and maps listed below are sourced mainly from the

Discovery Discovery may refer to: * Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown * Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown * Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discovery ...

(Irish TV) series. The series attributed the maps below (Scale: 1:50 000) to Ordnance Survey, the Irish national mapping agency. Most of the listed castles and forts clearly indicated on the maps and are accessible to walkers and the general public. Some maps use the older SCALE 1:126,720 from the series published in 1986.

Map Sheets Covering Kerry

*O.S. Sheet 63 - North West Kerry &

Shannon Estuary The Shannon Estuary ( gle, Inbhear na Sionainne) is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The estuary has Limerick City at its head and its seaward limits are marked by Loop Head to the north and Kerry Head to th ...

Listowel Listowel ( ; , IPA: �lʲɪsˠˈt̪ˠuəhəlʲ is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,820 according to the Central Statistics Of ...

. *O.S. Sheet 64 - North East Kerry,

Tarbert Tarbert ( gd, An Tairbeart) is a place name in Scotland and Ireland. Places named Tarbert are characterised by a narrow strip of land, or isthmus. This can be where two lochs nearly meet, or a causeway out to an island. Etymology All placenames ...

Newcastlewest Newcastle West () or simply Newcastle (''An Caisleán Nua'', formerly anglicized Castlenoe) is a town in west County Limerick, Ireland. It is the largest town in the county, excluding Limerick city, It is also the county town, and sits on the ...

. *O.S. Sheet 70 - Dingle Peninsula *O.S. Sheet 71 - Tralee & Tralee Bay *O.S. Sheet 72 -

Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

, Kerry & Limerick Borders *O.S. Sheet 78 - South Kerry, Killarney & Kenmare *O.S. Sheet 79 - South East Kerry, Cork & Kerry Borders. *O.S. Sheet 83 - Caherciveen &

Valentia Valentia may refer to: Places *Valentia Island, off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland *Valentia (Roman Britain), a province of Roman Britain *Valence, Drôme, France, known in Roman times as Valentia *Nuragus, Sardinia, Italy, known in Roman time ...

. *O.S. Sheet 84 - Kenmare River *O.S. Sheet 85 - South Kerry,

Bantry Bantry () is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for to the west. The Beara Peninsula is ...

Editions

* O.S. SCALE 1:126,720 Edition, published 1986 (Half Inch to One mile) * Discovery Series, 3rd Edition, published 2005 (2 centimetres to 1 Kilometre) * Discovery Series, 4th Edition, published 2010

Key to column headings

*Structure Listed as "Castle" or "Promontory Fort", markings of "Dun Cinn Tire" and "Signal Tower" are also included. *O.S. Sheet Refers to the Ordnance Survey sheet on which the structure can be found. *N.G. Segment National Grid segment in which the structure is located. Each grid segment covers an actual area of 1 square kilometre. *V The number of the Vertical, N-S, line of the National Grid system. *H The number of the Horizontal, E-W, line of the National Grid system. The structure to be located will then lie in the square to the North East of the intersecting H/V lines. *Type ** "Castle" - generally of

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

construction ** "Promontory Fort"- generally built about 1500 BC, ** "Dun Cinn Tire" is the Irish language translation of "Promontory Fort" ** "Signal Tower" - These are probably of Norman Construction *Near Some general reference point clearly marked on the map or generally, well known; a town, village, harbour, headland or road etc. *Comment Nearest main road or road, e.g. N 22 or R 559. If structure is easily accessible? Visibility of site from road. *Marked As some castles are obliterated, the location of the sites are listed, as in the case of Tralee Castle. Because their position and prominence was historically important, the known information is entered so that a more comprehensive understanding of the area and era may be obtained.

Overview

Map Sheets Covering Kerry

Editions

Key to column headings

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Further reading