
What is recorded here
Shanaclogh Castle stands in pasture on a south-facing slope above the river Bride, its ivy-clad rectangular remains holding three corners and battered walls. The Barry family owned this quiet ruin, though little is known of the life inside. Tower-like projections still mark the northwest and southeast, suggesting a defensive shape now softened by grass and time.
In pasture, on S-facing slope overlooking the river Bride. Fragmentary ivy-clad remains of rectangular structure (c. 23m E-W; c. 12.5m N-S). Three corners survive (SW, NW, and SE); SW and NW sections linked by infill wall built on original foudations. Wall faces battered but no original opes preserved. Tower/buttress-like projections on NW and SE corners original features. A Barry castle of which very little is known (Healy 1988, 431-2), known as 'Shanaclogh Castle'.
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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- What survives
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