Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - belvedere
Kilvealaton East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilvealaton East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gizabo (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.12116, -8.68452
- SMR number
- CO032-112001-
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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
Partially collapsed tower atop hill, on NW side of enclosure (14955), in demesne of Woodfort House (14905). Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Turret'. Roofless remains of square (int: 5.55m N-S; 5.58m E-W) 2-storey structure built of random-rubble stone construction with some brick. Possible door ope in E elevation, with window ope on 1st floor blocked with brick. South elevation survives to full height with central window on each floor. West elevation collapsed. Two small opes on ground floor of N elevation, large central window ope on 1st floor. Smith (1750, vol. 1, 301) refers to it as 'a turret...with a luxurious prospect of a great tract of country'.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.