Flesk Castle, country house in County Kerry (KE066-083----)

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What is recorded here

On wooded elevated ground on the SE outskirts of Killarney. The ruins of an extensive castellated house built of random rubble, rendered and painted to resemble ashlar. It has a complex ground plan with numerous projecting towers. The main doorway is flanked by towers in the N wall. The large window opes have mullions and tracery and hood-moulding. The house was built by John Coltsman between 1809 and 1815 (Bary 1994, 115). The enclosed farmyard is c. 400m to the SE and an ornamental tower (KE066-136----) is c. 300m to the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE066-083

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