Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Dunbeacon, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunbeacon
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dunbeacon Castle (in Ruins) (1901)
- Coordinates
- 51.59288, -9.58310
- SMR number
- CO130-025002-
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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
Fragmentary remains of tower house on S shore Dunmanus Bay, on site of earlier coastal promontory fort (CO130-025003-). Part of N end E wall (L 5.5m) and short return of N wall (L 2.2m) stand to three stories. Traces of vault over first floor (axis N-S). Castle of O'Mahony clan, traditionally attributed to Donall O'Mahony (c. 1460) (O'Donoghue 1986, 9). Burnt by O'Mahonys after Desmond confiscations (Ó Murchadha 1985, 234); taken by English forces after fall of Dunboy (Healy 1988, 188).
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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.