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Castle - unclassified

Oldcastletown, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Oldcastletown, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Oldcastletown
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Castletown Castle (Site of) (1936)
Coordinates
52.25468, -8.42324
SMR number
CO018-015----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

No visible surface trace of castle; later country house, now in ruins, occupies the site. Castle of the Fitzgibbon family, commonly known as the White Knights (Healy 1988, 428-30). Described in 1583 as having 'one hall and three chambers and three cellars enclosed within stone walls' (ibid., 429). Captured by Lord Broghill in 1650, subsequently passed to Fennel family (ibid., 430).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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