Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beaufort
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.07130, -9.63118
- SMR number
- KE065-118----
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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
Lewis records that Beaufort House, which is located on the W bank of the River Laune, was built on the site of a structure known as Short Castle (1837, 237). No remains of an earlier building are now apparent in the fabric of this eighteenth-century house, though Bary notes that it is built over a partial basement which is reputed to be the foundations of the castle (1994, 46). The site may be that referred to by Smith in this general location as 'a small ruined castle, erected in the wars of 1641, by one Captain Sullivan, as a place of defence' (1756, 145).
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1103. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.