id: ie-skehanagh-clare
name: Clare Castle
tradition: european_medieval
location:
  country: IE
  locality: Skehanagh
  county: Clare
  lat: 52.81615
  lon: -8.96107
definitions_met:
  fortified_residence:
    verdict: 'yes'
    assessment: register-derived
    basis: 'The Archaeological Survey of Ireland records SMR CL041-089---- 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: CL041-089----
  designation: Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  url: https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL041-089----
first_seen: '2026-07-21'
last_updated: '2026-07-21'
confidence: low
sources:
- url: https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL041-089----
  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-cl041-089
notes: 'Imported in bulk from the Irish Sites and Monuments Record. 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.'