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Castle - tower house

Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Castlehaven, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Castlehaven
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Castle Haven (in Ruins) (1902)
Coordinates
51.51749, -9.18850
SMR number
CO151-014004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On W shore of Castle Haven with view commanding outer part of estuary; overlooked from W. Only battered face of N and E walls survives at ground level. Base of garderobe chute on N face. Photo of c. 1926 (Coleman 1926, 43) shows tower-house of three storeys with rounded vault over 1st floor; W wall entirely fallen; recessed gable-shaped gun loops on N face (see CO142-082---). Remains fell in 1926 (Healy 1988, 197).
Castle of the O Driscoll clan, garrisoned by Spanish forces in 1601 (Burke 1905, 12-14).

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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