Dovecote in Ballyadeen

Overgrown roofless ruin, in SW corner of farmyard at Glenanore House (14848) and just S of ornate castellated archway. Circular 2-storey structure (H c. 8m; int. diam. 2.8m), rendered over random-rubble limestone construction, tapering gently with height, topped with brick cornice. Brick-arched door ope to S; three pointed blind windows on 1st floor of S elevation. Internal ground floor (no longer survives) was supported by corbels and internal ledge over sub-floor (D 1m); unusual round-headed shadow marks in plaster on internal walls; fireplace in E wall. First-floor walls brick-lined with seven tiers of nesting boxes: brick sides with stone lintels and beds. 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