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Castle - tower house

Ballyrobert (Barrymore By., Castlelyons Par.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Ballyrobert (Barrymore By., Castlelyons Par.), 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
Ballyrobert (Barrymore By., Castlelyons Par.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Castle (in Ruins) (1935)
Coordinates
52.08746, -8.17526
SMR number
CO045-020----

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In level pasture, c. 800m NNE of ford over Bride river. In modern farmyard, formerly walled garden of Ballyrobert House, now demolished; remains of tower (c. 9m E-W; c. 9m N-S) stand in two separate sections: E wall standsto 2nd/3rd floor level; NW corner stands to 3rd floor level; two sections now joined at ground level by recent wall. Two double-splayed lintelled window opes in E wall at ground floor level; similar window ope in centre of E wall at 1st and 2nd floor levels; another similar window ope at 1st floor level in N wall survives in second section of tower. Most of inner wall facing gone. Vault over 2nd floor now entirely fallen but skew-backs evident on inner E face. Two surviving portions of N wall are not in line (section to W c. 0.8m in front of section to E) indicating wall must have projected forward near centre. Known as Ballyrobert Castle and built by Barry family (Waters 1917, 30-1).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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Nearby in the register

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

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