CSPI 83.43; Maley, 22) (TNA: PRO SP 63/83/43; Burlinson and Zurcher, 72)]]> A View. (Maley, 67)]]>
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.]]> 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.]]>
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.]]>
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.]]>
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.]]>