id: ie-athenry-or-king-johns-court
name: Castle or King Johns Court
tradition: european_medieval
location:
  country: IE
  locality: Athenry
  county: Galway
  lat: 53.30016
  lon: -8.74433
definitions_met:
  fortified_residence:
    verdict: 'yes'
    assessment: register-derived
    basis: 'The Archaeological Survey of Ireland records SMR GA084-001006- as MONUMENT_CLASS:
      Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle, within the Castle class this band maps onto. Transcribed
      from the register''s own typology and NOT assessed against this band''s criterion. This
      is one of the 129 Anglo-Norman masonry castles — the strictest reading of an Irish castle.
      Treat as provisional.'
register_entries:
- register: ie-smr
  ref: GA084-001006-
  designation: Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  url: https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-001006-
- register: wikidata
  ref: Q4185805
  designation: tower house
  url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4185805
first_seen: '2026-07-21'
last_updated: '2026-07-21'
confidence: medium
sources:
- url: https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-001006-
  title: Archaeological Survey of Ireland - Sites and Monuments Record
  publisher: National Monuments Service
  date: '2026-07-21'
  note: Register entry; the sole source for this record.
signals:
- sig-20260721-iesmr-ga084-001006
notes: 'Imported in bulk from the Irish Sites and Monuments Record. CORROBORATED: Wikidata
  independently records this monument (Q4185805, joined on the SMR identifier) and classes
  it tower house, agreeing that it is a fortification. Two independent registers rather than
  one, hence confidence: medium. The verdict stays register-derived — corroboration is evidence,
  not assessment, and nobody has yet applied this band''s criterion to the structure itself.
  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.'