id: ie-newtown-baker-at-newtown-baker
name: Castle at Newtown (Baker)
tradition: european_medieval
location:
  country: IE
  locality: Newtown (Baker)
  county: Kilkenny
  lat: 52.54371
  lon: -7.31582
definitions_met:
  fortified_residence:
    verdict: 'yes'
    assessment: register-derived
    basis: 'The Archaeological Survey of Ireland records SMR KK027-012007- as MONUMENT_CLASS:
      Castle - tower house, 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: KK027-012007-
  designation: Castle - tower house
  url: https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKK027-012007-
- register: wikidata
  ref: Q135649340
  designation: tower house
  url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135649340
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%2CKK027-012007-
  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-kk027-012007
notes: 'Imported in bulk from the Irish Sites and Monuments Record. CORROBORATED: Wikidata
  independently records this monument (Q135649340, 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.'