Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Cloonmealane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonmealane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cloonmealane Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloonmealane Castle (Remains of)
- Coordinates
- 52.17875, -9.62443
- SMR number
- KE047-034----
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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
In level pasture, on top of a low rise with extensive views in all directions. Only a portion of the N wall (H c. 4m; L 11m; T 1.45m) now stands of the rectangular structure (c. 12m E-W; c. 5m N-S) indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. The wall is built of roughly coursed limestone. The outer face of the wall stands on a stepped footing to compensate for the fall in ground on this side. In the centre of the N wall is a poorly preserved window embrasure with a single flat-headed light. A lintelled passage (Wth 1.08m; L c. 2m) runs diagonally through the NE corner. Towards the E end of the wall there is a rectangular void (1.03m x 0.7m) which is probably the remains of a garderobe shaft. According to Coleman (1908, 152), this is the remains of a castle built by the Mac Carthys.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.