Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - belvedere
Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlehaven
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tower (in Ruins) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.50814, -9.18079
- SMR number
- CO151-037----
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
Circular tower (H c. 4m) on Horse Island. Door in NE wall. According to local tradition, built by Somerville Large to guide his merchant ships into harbour.
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
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.