Doonpower (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

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Doonpower stood on a coastal promontory in County Cork, built in 1595 by order of Queen Elizabeth before the Earl of Desmond destroyed it and killed or drowned its garrison. Only a grass-covered mound remains at the inner end of the entrance causeway, hiding the thick slab walls and tall window jambs that once watched the sea. The mound still holds the shape of that violent birth, waiting for someone to imagine the last breath of the men who guarded it.

On coastal promontory fort (CO100-01702-) projecting S into sea. Only remains of castle are grass-covered mound at inner end of entrance causeway. Westropp (1914, 103) noted peel-tower or gatehouse (L 30 feet; W17 feet) 'with wall 6 feet thick of good slab masonry'. He records one fragment of wall 'ending in window-jambs 6 feet long and 10 feet high'. According to Healy (1988, 132) built in 1595 by order of Queen Elizabeth but destroyed soon after by the Earl of Desmond when 'the garrison was either put to the sword or thrown over the cliff'. 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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