Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Leamcon, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leamcon
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins) (1901)
- Coordinates
- 51.50168, -9.61266
- SMR number
- CO148-025001-
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture on gently S-facing slope. No visible surface trace. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as small square structure named 'Turret'; two walls survive on 2nd ed. OS 6-inch map. According to tradition, built by Sir William Hull in the early 17th century (O'Donoghue 1986, 10). According to local information, a structure "honeycombed with pigeon holes" formerly stood here.
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
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Batteryunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.