File:Limerick - An ancient city well studied in the arts of war (5770941607).jpg
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King John's Castle King John's Castle, on the south side of Thomond Bridge head, built in 1210 "to dominate the bridge and watch towards Thomond", is one of the finest specimens of fortified Norman architecture in Ireland. The castle is roughly square on plan and its 60 meter frontage along the river is flanked by two massive round towers, each over 15m. in diameter with walls 3m. thick. The tower nearest the Bridge, the first portion of the castle to be erected, still bears the scars of the besieging cannon of 1691. Eastwards of this tower in the north wall, is the castle gate entrance - a tall, narrow gateway between two tall, round towers. There is another massive round tower at the north east corner of the fortification, but the east wall and the square tower defending the south-east corner of the castle, and on which cannons were mounted, is long demolished. On the three land sides, the castle was protected by a deep, broad moat, fed with water from the Shannon. Only the narrow drawbridge to the castle gate gave admittance. There was a military barracks erected within the walls in 1751, some of which still remains. Houses were also erected in the castle yard at a very much later date. The walls and towers still remaining of the castle are in reasonably good state of preservation, and work is continuing to improve their conditions. Some of the rooms in the tower blocks are being brough back into use. |
Date | Taken on 26 May 2011, 17:28 |
Source | Limerick - An ancient city well studied in the arts of war |
Author | William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland |
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