Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Leighmoney Beg, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leighmoney Beg
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Leighmoney Castle (Site of) (1939)
- Coordinates
- 51.73372, -8.61733
- SMR number
- CO111-025----
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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 tillage, on S-facing slope. No visible surface trace; modern bungalow built close to site of castle. According to Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 251) 'remains of an extensive fortress occupied by the Spainards in 1601, and by the royalists in 1641'.
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
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.