What is recorded here

Gizabo is a roofless stone turret beside Woodfort House in County Cork, built to command a wide view rather than resist invasion. Smith praised its luxurious prospect in 1750, and the surviving southern windows still point outward like cupped hands offering the countryside to whoever climbs there. Its western collapse has not diminished the purpose; the broken edge simply admits that sight, not strength, was the point all along.

Partially collapsed tower atop hill, on NW side of enclosure (14955), in demesne of Woodfort House (14905). Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Turret'. Roofless remains of square (int: 5.55m N-S; 5.58m E-W) 2-storey structure built of random-rubble stone construction with some brick. Possible door ope in E elevation, with window ope on 1st floor blocked with brick. South elevation survives to full height with central window on each floor. West elevation collapsed. Two small opes on ground floor of N elevation, large central window ope on 1st floor. Smith (1750, vol. 1, 301) refers to it as 'a turret...with a luxurious prospect of a great tract of country'. 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

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