Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Dunnycove, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunnycove
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dunnycove Castle (in Ruins) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.55908, -8.89148
- SMR number
- CO144-034002-
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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
On neck of narrow promontory on N side Dunnycove Point, overlooking Dunnycove Bay to N. Battered face W wall (L 5m); part of N wall (L 1m) of tower visible; otherwise reduced to sod-covered pile of rubble. Overlooked from landward side. According to Westropp (1914, 96) castle of O'Cowhigs.
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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.