What is recorded here

Half a kilometre east, the Kilcrea friary still stands, but the earthwork beside the Bride holds the older shape: a low oval mound ringed by wet ditch, topped later by a five-storey tower and bawn. The marsh swallowed every line except the mound itself, which is why the tower rose where it did. A causeway cut through the inner ditch, perhaps a road before it was a railway, and a faint outer arc still shows in the grass. The place does not announce itself. It waits for rain, shadow, or patience, then gives back its shape.

In flat marshy area, c. 50m S of river Bride; Kilcrea friary (CO084-024002-) clearly visible c. 500m to E. Rectangular 5-storey tower (15m E-W; 11.2m N-S) CO084-022001-) with rectangular bawn (CO084-022004-) attached on E side (11.2m N-S; 14.3m E-W) (see plan, Westropp 1908, opp. 175); these sit atop low rounded oval-shaped mound (53.3m E-W; 41m N-S) surrounded by water-logged fosse (Wth c. 7m); aerial photograph (Dr D.D.C. Pochin Mould) shows arc of wet ground c. 50m to S, indicating a possible outer fosse. Inner fosse traversed E-W by causeway of former railway line immediately N of tower (see photograph: ibid., opp.164). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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