Castles / IE
Castle at Mullaghreelan
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 - ringwork, which maps to this band. Wikidata (Q24196386), joined on the SMR identifier, classes it ringfort, which maps to enclosure_fortification. The disagreement is about what kind of thing it is: a ringwork on a site that may equally be read as an earlier ringfort — the two are hard to separate on the ground and Irish archaeology disputes exactly this boundary. 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 - ringwork; Wikidata (Q24196386) says ringfort. Both descriptions fit something real on the site. See the cross-register disagreement ledger.
Facts
| Tradition | european medieval |
|---|---|
| Location | Mullaghreelan, 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 —
KD038-035----· Castle - ringwork · 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-kd038-035
Record file · dataset licensed CC BY 4.0 — see provenance.