What is recorded here

Castle belonged to the MacJames Barrys during the mid-17th century wars before Percival purchased it, yet no standing tower remains to mark its pride. The 18th-century house swallowed its best stones, hiding quoins and door arch fragments inside new walls while low terraces still brace the SE-facing slope. What looked like ordinary garden engineering may have been castle bone, recycled and buried under respectability.

On SE-facing slope, overlooking tract of bogland; close to 18th-century Walshestown House (14939). Terrace in front of house, which is faced with low supporting walls (max. H 2m) with base batter on E and S sides, may be remains of castle. Cut stone strewn around site, including part of door arch, and dressed quoins built into 18th-century house, probably come from castle. Castle of the MacJames Barrys, which featured in wars of mid-17th century (MacCotter and Nicholls 1996, 207-8); subsequently purchased by Percival (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 313). 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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