Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Newcastle, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of) (1937)
- Coordinates
- 51.97669, -8.60868
- SMR number
- CO062-030002-
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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
In level tillage; no visible surface trace of site shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular structure, bisected by field fence, and labelled 'site of Castle'; 1904 OS 6-inch map shows both field fence and structure removed. Sherds of 17th-century pottery, clay pipe fragments, ceramic wig curlers and gunflints found in vicinity of castle during ploughing; pottery includes Sgraffito and gravel-tempered wares from North Devon as well as German stoneware; clay pipes include examples from Bristol and Cork, with a date range 1650-1690 (pers. comm. Sheila Lane). Probably site of fortified house built by Galway family (Healy 1988, 62-3).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.