Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barracks
Cloonlough, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonlough
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Barrack (in Ruins) (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.26220, -8.27559
- SMR number
- CO019-112----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On SW side of Mitchelstown; at W side of road. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Infantry Barracks' comprising of rectangular enclosure (c. 70m N-S; c. 50m E-W) with large U-shaped building and scattering of smaller structures, in S half. Enclosing random-rubble limestone walls survive on W, S and E sides, each with central angled projection (Wth c. 3m; D c. 3m) containing gun loops. Piered entrance (blocked) and door ope (blocked) in W wall, central piered entrance on N side. Internal buildings no longer survive; outline of buildings visible in plaster on internal W wall; corbels set into internal face of E wall. Described by Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 373) as 'a neat range of buildings adapted for 3 officers and 72 non-commissioned officers and privates'. Burnt in 1922 and buildings demolished c. 1940s (pers. comm. B. Power).
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Market-houseunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.