Carrickmines Castle Area (ruins) (Dublin)

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  lennonpatrickhotmail.com (guest)

  The Not - very ancient ruined dewllings were actual very old and it was a castle to protect the Norman (English) from the Irish. Here is a "The reason for the construction of such a large defended area very becomes clear when the abundant historical sources are consulted. It was a Norman Castle, probably founded in the 13th Century. It's primary function was to protect the main routeway from the Gaelic held Wicklow Mountains into the Norman (later English) held Dublin area. This was its function from its foundation until its fall. It endured some 400 years of semi- constant warfare, as shown by its refortifications in the 14th and 15th Centuries. It was also subjected to siege up to three times in the 15th Century, attacked once in 1599 and finally in 1642 was besieged and destroyed. The Carrickmines Castle Complex is a unique site, which has produced the largest assemblage of medieval pottery ever found in rural Ireland, the site of a mass grave, the first major study of a border Castle and the first major study of the external associated settlement and remains of a Medieval/Early Modern Castle. Coupled with this, the 1.5 acre 'Revetted Fosse' enclosure with its revetted wall and three defensive ditches is unique in Irish archaeology. This site is not just of national significance, but is of major relevance to both British and Continental Castle Studies. Carrickmines was of international importance for a number of reasons. It is not as spectacular as some European examples, but it is its situation that is the key. It represents one of the border Castle's of the Norman Angevin Empire, who ruled parts of France, Britain and Ireland. Very few of these early border castles have ever been excavated." Copied from articles from Gabi for more see:http://www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/main/article.php?sid=275 Actual detials of the battle in 1654 when the castle was destoyed the battle http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~walsh/carrickm.html

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