id: ie-castletown-dundalk-upper-by-dun-dealgan
name: Dun Dealgan
tradition: european_medieval
location:
  country: IE
  locality: Castletown (Dundalk Upper By.)
  county: Louth
  lat: 54.01383
  lon: -6.43028
definitions_met:
  fortified_residence:
    verdict: 'yes'
    assessment: register-derived
    basis: 'The Archaeological Survey of Ireland records SMR LH007-118007- as MONUMENT_CLASS:
      Castle - motte and bailey, within the Castle class this band maps onto. Transcribed
      from the register''s own typology and NOT assessed against this band''s criterion. Treat
      as provisional.'
register_entries:
- register: ie-smr
  ref: LH007-118007-
  designation: Castle - motte and bailey
  url: https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH007-118007-
- register: wikidata
  ref: Q28232396
  designation: castle, motte-and-bailey castle
  url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28232396
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%2CLH007-118007-
  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-lh007-118007
notes: 'Imported in bulk from the Irish Sites and Monuments Record. CORROBORATED: Wikidata
  independently records this monument (Q28232396, joined on the SMR identifier) and classes
  it castle, motte-and-bailey castle, 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.'