What is recorded here

A carved human head set in the wall near the house may have come from the lost castle. It is not a monument or a joke, but a fragment moved into a living boundary. The castle is gone, yet the face still watches the road, marking the place where memory stopped being optional.

This architectural fragment consists of a carved stone head and was referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 4 North Cork' (2000, 14297) under the entry (no. 14297) for an unclassified castle (CO025-093002-). The reference to the carved head in the entry reads: 'Human head carved in stone and now set in enclosing wall near house may have come from castle.' 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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