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Castle - tower house

Monteen, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Monteen, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Monteen
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Monteen Castle (in Ruins) (1902)
Coordinates
51.67303, -8.82375
SMR number
CO122-055----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

Small ivy-clad tower (6m E-W; 5.6m N-S) on rising ground 200m NE of ford on Owenkeagh river; overlooked from N. Stands to three storeys but originally taller. Segmental vault (axis N-S) over ground floor with gap of 0.6m between edge of vault and N wall. Similarly, rounded vault (axis E-W) over 2nd floor stops short of E wall; intervening space covered by overlapping slabs. Doors in S wall at 1st- and 2nd-floor levels. First-floor window in E wall altered to take wooden-framed window. Immediately to E of tower are ruins of 18th/19th century house. Castle of the Tuath Mointin sept of MacCarthy Riabhach (Ó Murchadha 1985, 57); burnt by Crown forces in 1600 (Healy 1988, 276).

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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