1 10 19 https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/941/plant_life.jpg 4330a88557ed46e1158c68bc31641b17 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Close-up of a wall of the castle Description An account of the resource Close-up of lichen and plant life on the nineteenth-century stone addition to the castle. Up to six hundred years of exposure have taken their toll on the castle, as have raids, renovators and treasure-hunters. https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/942/Kilcolman_Castle_excavation_plan.jpg 7d6edc1a54321f3ba3da6a0011934da9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Castle Description An account of the resource 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" or enclosure wall ran around the compound. From Klingelhofer, "Edmund Spenser at Kilcolman Castle: the archaeological evidence." Post-Medieval Archaeology 39.1 (2005), 133-54. https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/943/Kilcolman_Castle_artefacts.jpg 472c933fce15445c392e47dbf4d1a786 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Castle Description An account of the resource 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 clay tobacco pipes (these post-date Spenser's occupation) From Eric Klingelhofer, "Edmund Spenser at Kilcolman Castle: the archaeological evidence." Post-Medieval Archaeology 39.1 (2005), 133-54. https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/928/northwest-view_[4].jpg 577d885ca619754c7690656c14e1fd0c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Castle from the northwest Description An account of the resource 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, in his wedding poem “Epithalamion” (1595), curses the frogs that annoy him and his bride on their wedding night: “Ne let th’unpleasant quyre of frogs still croking/ Make us to wish theyr choking” (lines 349-50). Far from being a nuisance only, the lake would have served as a natural defensive barrier for the castle and as a source of water and food. https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/931/south-west_view_[7].jpg 7a8fb16cd303ff60e87014f122a2ac8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Castle from the southwest Description An account of the resource 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 front of it, further protecting it and surrounding buildings from attack. The door at the bottom of the tower house in this view is modern. Above it is seen an aperture and above it, “Raleigh's window.” In the staircase block on the right (east) side can be seen three more arrow loops. At ground level can be seen an exit chute for the garderobe (modified in modern times), strategically located to drain towards the lake. https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/925/distance_[1].jpg 19c0671b644f4f64a45060c7d0e71497 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman from a distance Description An account of the resource 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) belong to a modern-day nature preserve. [Photos taken ca. 2000-2010] https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/926/north-view_[2].jpg 94a45c113ad37fddc04f695977b1cfbd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman from the north Description An account of the resource 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 substantial, with a complex of buildings situated on the eastern flank. In the foreground is the nineteenth-century addition, a platform or patio built around and over the pre-existing vault and accessible from the stairs and doorway in the tower-house. Behind the platform area stand the remains of the late-medieval tower-house. On the left (east) side is the tower containing the staircase and garderobe. On the right, above the platform, is seen the outline of "Raleigh's window," where legend has it that Spenser and Sir Walter Raleigh discussed poetry and politics. https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/932/raliegh_window_[8].jpg 18d59cbfe1d860b0112efd42fb79edc5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman: detail of south wall Description An account of the resource Exterior view from the south of the gothic-style, ogee-headed “Raleigh's window” in the tower house. https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/940/Notice.1.JPG ed1a71109e3b724114b24635b33792fa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Notice sign Description An account of the resource Entry to the castle is locked and forbidden. https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/28/936/south_closeup_[12].jpg 3bc3180f75e0a136e30f3fca7d056e8c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kilcolman Today Image Gallery Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View from south Description An account of the resource Close-up of the castle, including “Raleigh's window,” from the south. Note (to the right) the arrow slit in the staircase/garderobe tower on the same level as the window. Defense was paramount in the original castle design. The loop also serves as one of two windows for the privy.