Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - belvedere
Downeen, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Downeen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tower (in Ruins) (1944)
- Coordinates
- 51.56364, -9.02759
- SMR number
- CO143-068----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Square tower in S wall of walled garden of Castle Downeen (CO143-067---) with commanding view of coast to S. Embattled two-storey structure, pointed door and window opes. String course below embattled parapet; external walls originally weatherslated.
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.