Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bastioned fort
Cork City, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cork City
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Elizabeth Fort (Disused) (1949-50)
- Coordinates
- 51.89456, -8.47827
- SMR number
- CO074-039001-
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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
Original fort constructed c. 1601, consisted of large irregular earthen structure, built around pre-existing church (CO074-03902-). Replaced by stronger more regular fortification c. 1624; Cromwell said to have raised the walls in 1649; in decayed condition by 1677; new barrack built inside fort in 1719. Irregular quadrilateral with two pentangular bastions on S corners and two sub-rectangular bastions on N corners; built of regular coursed limestone blocks lying in places on underlying bedrock. Demi-oval shaped bastion projects from centre of N wall. S curtain wall removed; newwall constructed between S bastions. Walls, battered externally, survive to internal height of 4-5m, 2m above this appears rebuilt. Addition with entrance gateway added outside original curtain wall to E. L-shaped building along S and W sides of interior accomodates modern Garda barracks.(Mulcahy, MacNamara & O'Brien, 1960).
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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