What is recorded here

Milltown Castle belonged to the Fitzgibbons and still holds a stone-covered well in its grassy heart, local memory placing the water inside the kitchen itself. The L-shaped foundations stretch thirty metres across the slope, waiting for hands deep enough to prove whether they held a household or a warning. A shallow ditch runs north of the site, perhaps the canal Smith wrote about, while a mill shadowed the land a kilometre away.

In pasture, on gentle SSE-facing slope. Grass-covered outline of structural foundations (c. 30m N-S; c. 25m E-W) indicating L-shaped structure or complex of structures. Well (diam. 0.5m), in centre of complex, covered by stone slab with rebate and fluted chamfer (possibly part of 16th-century window); local tradition says well was in castle kitchen. Section of tiered cornice, of late 17th/early 18th-century style, on corner of nearby farm building said to be associated with castle (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 99). Castle of the Fitzgibbons (ibid., 96). To N of castle site is a shallow linear depression (CO007-039002-) running NE-SW, described in late 19th century as 'shallow rectangular ditch faced with stone'; this may be remains of 'handsome canal' referred to by Smith (1750, vol. 1, 306). Castle depicted on Down Survey (1655-6) (1655-6) barony map, with mill c. 1km to SW. A linear feature associated with and physically related to the site of Milltown Castle was uncovered during archaeological monitoring. See Excavations 2003, 46, no. 202. 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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