id: ie-lea-lea
name: Lea Castle
tradition: european_medieval
location:
  country: IE
  locality: Lea
  county: Laois
  lat: 53.15629
  lon: -7.14736
definitions_met:
  fortified_residence:
    verdict: 'yes'
    assessment: register-derived
    basis: 'The Archaeological Survey of Ireland records SMR LA005-006---- 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: LA005-006----
  designation: Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  url: https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA005-006----
- register: wikidata
  ref: Q55412253
  designation: motte-and-bailey castle, ringwork castle
  url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55412253
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%2CLA005-006----
  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-la005-006
notes: 'Imported in bulk from the Irish Sites and Monuments Record. CORROBORATED: Wikidata
  independently records this monument (Q55412253, joined on the SMR identifier) and classes
  it motte-and-bailey castle, ringwork 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.'