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Belfry, designed landscape in County Cork (CO063-095----)

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Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular structure on W side of R.C. chapel; named 'Belfry' on 1904 OS 6-inch map. Tall stone-built circular tower built in 1832 by Fr. Matthew Horgan (Mulcahy 1989, 23). Door opes on ground and first floors; several pointed window opes; embattled parapet supported by corbels; bell still in situ. Similar tower at Waterloo (Ballygibbon) near Blarney.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO063-095

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