Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Townparks (imokilly By., Cloyne Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (imokilly By., Cloyne Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86312, -8.12071
- SMR number
- CO088-019014-
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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 Cloyne. The appearance of this urban tower house is only known from an 18th-century illustration (Harbison 2000, 46-7) which shows a tower of at least three storeys standing to full height on a street corner. The illustration shows part of the battlements surviving, a single round-headed window light, and a prominent base batter. On the street front on one side is shown a doorway, a glazed window and an oriel window. These latter are all inserted features, probably early 18th century in date. A north sign on the illustration suggests that the tower house stood on the corner of Rock St. and Church St.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Cross - Market crossunder 1 mi
- Warehouseunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.