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Carrickmines Castle
53.2533° N, -6.1754° E
About
Carrickmines Castle is an archaeological site in Carrickmines, County Dublin, in eastern Ireland. The castle was built in the Middle Ages to protect the English-ruled Pale around Dublin. The mostly subsurface ruins lay in the path of the M50 motorway, completed in 2005. Sections of the medieval walls and some sections of the castle's defensive structures were preserved within or under M50 roundabouts.
Historical Timeline
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Rezoning of lands
16 December 1997
CAB freezing order
26 July 2006
Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality
26 July 2006
12th-century fortification
12th century
Battle of Bloody Bank
1402
Irish Rebellion and siege
1641-1642
Carrickminders protest begins
2002
Section 8 legislation and ministerial directions
2004
M50 motorway and junction completed
2005
Archaeological Features
Unique architectural and cultural elements found at this historical site
Defensive Structures
Burial and Funerary Structures
Industrial and Craft Structures
Domestic and Habitation Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
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