Castles / IE
Castle at Calverstown Demesne
Which definitions does it satisfy?
This dataset does not record whether something “is a castle”. It records a verdict against each named definition, with the reasoning that produced it.
| Definition | Verdict | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Fortified residence | contested | CONTESTED between two registers. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland classes this Castle - tower house, which maps to this band. Wikidata (Q140623341), joined on the SMR identifier, classes it manor house, which maps to palatial_seat. The disagreement is about what kind of thing it is: a tower house that was later absorbed into or rebuilt as a country residence. Recorded as contested rather than resolved to whichever register was imported first. |
| Enclosure fortification | unassessed | No source consulted so far speaks to this definition. Unassessed is not the same as no. |
| State fortification | unassessed | No source consulted so far speaks to this definition. Unassessed is not the same as no. |
| Palatial seat | unassessed | No source consulted so far speaks to this definition. Unassessed is not the same as no. |
| Revival and folly | unassessed | No source consulted so far speaks to this definition. Unassessed is not the same as no. |
| Popularly a castle | unassessed | No source consulted so far speaks to this definition. Unassessed is not the same as no. |
Disputed
Irish SMR says Castle - tower house; Wikidata (Q140623341) says manor house. Both descriptions fit something real on the site. See the cross-register disagreement ledger.
Facts
| Tradition | european medieval |
|---|---|
| Location | Calverstown Demesne, Kildare, IE |
| Confidence | medium |
| First recorded | 2026-07-21 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-21 |
In the registers
Where this structure appears in official inventories. This is what turns an individual record into evidence about a count.
- Sites and Monuments Record — Archaeological Survey of Ireland —
KD032-047001-· Castle - tower house · entry
Location
Approximate. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Notes
Imported in bulk from the Irish Sites and Monuments Record, then CORRECTED by the cross-register comparison: Wikidata disagrees about the band, so the verdict is contested rather than the register-derived yes the import produced. One register speaks and nothing corroborates it, hence confidence: low. Only fortified_residence carries a verdict; every other band is OMITTED rather than set to no. The register's own finer class is kept on the register_entry, so the strict Anglo-Norman reading stays recoverable from the data without re-querying the service.
Sources
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland - Sites and Monuments Record — National Monuments Service, 2026-07-21
Register entry; the sole source for this record.
Signals
Raw per-source observations behind this record (1):
sig-20260721-iesmr-kd032-047001
Record file · dataset licensed CC BY 4.0 — see provenance.