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What is recorded here

Castlecor's deer park still holds two Abbey stumps, proof that quiet ground can remember prayer. The larger block rises two metres with a rectangular hole through its chest, perhaps a chimney breathing for monks who stopped writing but never stopped being known. Augustinian or unnamed, the house lost its name and kept its shape. That much is enough to stop a car, point a boot at the hole, and ask what warmth it last held.

In level pasture, to NE of Castlecor House (14868). Two stumps of masonry stand in dump of field clearance stones; larger stump (1.2m x 2.6m; H 2m) has rectangular ope (1.07m x 0.47m) in centre, possibly portion of chimney shaft (see photograph Grove White 1905-25, vol. 2, opp. 63). According to O'Flanagan (1844, 151), 'the ruins of a monastery yet traceable in the deer-park' of Castlecor House. Bowman (1934, 429) gives monastery as 'Augustinian', but Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 364) give 'unclassified' designation, and note mention of abbey here in late 13th-century plea roll. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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