What is recorded here

Prince Rupert's Tower rose from the Civil War years as a castle with earthen outworks and one bastion-shaped projection towards the east. Phillips mapped that distinctive silhouette in 1685, capturing a military shape born before the ink dried. The fort still belongs to County Cork, carrying Rupert's name into later memory.

Phillips's 1685 map (Gowen ibid., 231) shows 'a castle with earthen outworks, having one bastion-shaped projection towards the east' (ibid., 232). This latter fort, known as 'Prince Rupert's Tower obviously originated in the civil war years of the mid seventeenth century' (O Murchadha 1990, 4). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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