Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ardagh South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardagh South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.49703, -9.32904
- SMR number
- CO150-026----
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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
On high rock outcrop with commanding view in every direction. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as rectangular structure. Castle now levelled, leaving subrectangular grass-covered mound (H 1.3m; 3.2m N-S; 6.8m E-W) of rubble; some stone-faced earthen terracing to S. Mentioned by Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 650) 'of Ardagh Castle...a small fragment only exists. O Driscoll castle (O Murchadha 1985, 178).
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.