What is recorded here

Castlehaven’s eastern shore still holds a two-storey corn store with four bays set into the hill, beside a broken archway and furnace that may have served ships, ropes or sails. The sea kept the place busy, noisy and hungry for fuel, while people carried grain, water or firewood through the arch and up the slope. What the rooms truly stored or did is no longer certain, but the shape of the building still points to a working harbour where food, force and risk moved together.

Small corn store complex on E shore of Castlehaven inlet in Castletownshend. Four-bay, 2-storey structure built into slope of hill. At N end of wide pier stand remains of second structure, single storey with central archway over slipway; furnace at E end. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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