Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Castlederry, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlederry
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Derrylemlary Castle (in Ruins) (1903)
- Coordinates
- 51.70617, -8.92095
- SMR number
- CO109-042----
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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
Rectangular tower (7.05m N-S; 10.6m E-W) on low rock outcrop on W bank of stream, in isolated boggy area. Tower of three storeys; partially ivy-clad. Lived in up to 19th century (Healy 1988, 247); door and window opes modified to take wooden frames. Entered at ground level by central door in W wall; vaulted lobby gives access to spiral stairs in NW corner which rise to full height tower, giving access to all rooms and to wall walk. Area over lobby occupied by smaller rooms; main rooms to E. Pair of gun loops in W wall at 1st floor level. Bartizan atop SW corner now obscured by ivy.
Castle of the Crimeen branch of MacCarthy Riabhach (Ó Murchadha 1985, 56).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.