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Bawn in Kilcoe

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What is recorded here

On a small rocky island, close to the shore of Roaring Water Bay. Archaeological excavations, carried out in the mid-1990s in conjunction with the restoration of Kilcoe Castle (3084, vol. 1), revealed evidence of 'a rectangular corner tower on the bawn wall' (Cotter 2000f, 20). This was exposed in a trench 'some 15m south-east of the castle' and consisted of 'the foundations of a rectangular structure…measuring c. 1.3m north-south x c. 2m internally' (ibid.). (Cotter 2000g, 31) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO140-032001

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andrew Wood, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dr Brian Lynch, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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