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Letter addressed by Spenser, from Wexford. Spenser’s presence with Grey on a journey to Wexford may be tied to Spenser’s acquisition of the twenty-one-year lease of the house of friars, manor, lands, and a weir in Enniscorthy, Co.…

Spenser thought to have completed the bulk of A View. (Maley, 67)

Bird's-eye view plan of excavations in the mid-1990s under the direction of Eric Klingelhofer. Only parts of the compound were excavated.

Note the outlines of a "Tower House", "Parlor" and "Great Hall" at the bottom of the illustration. A "bawn"…

Finds from the archaeological excavations in the mid-1990s.
1-4 copper alloy
1 buckle plate
2 stick pin
3 sewing pin
4 miniature chape (i.e, the protective end of a knife sheath)

5 bone tuning peg (for an instrument, such as a lute)

6-12…

The nineteenth-century platform addition is in the foreground. The Ballyhoura range of mountains can be glimpsed in the distance. To the south of the castle (in the background) is a marsh and seasonal lake, now part of a nature preserve.

Spenser,…

Because it is on a ridge, the castle from this direction would have looked even more imposing (the castle would also have had at least two more stories, including parapets). The castle would also have had a "bawn" (i.e., enclosure) wall directly in…

View from the east. No modern roads lead to the castle, which is privately owned and surrounded by gated and fenced farmland. The seasonal lake and neighboring wooded land to the south and southeast of the castle (seen to the left in this picture)…

View from the north of Kilcolman Castle ruins, from within the area of the "bawn" or enclosure, which is no longer extant. In Spenser's time the castle would have been at least two stories taller (including the roof and battlements) and much more…