What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO110-007
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Picture notes
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this garden.
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
Standing stone in KillountainStanding stone · 295 ydComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Standing stone in Killountain got moved because it was blocking the farm truck. It’s basically a very tall garden ornament now. Bring a map, get lost anyway, that’s the fun.
Baxter’s BridgeBridge · 786 ydExplorer Tom Baxter’s Bridge is straddling the Bandon River with three elegant limestone arches from around 1820. The stonework is top-notch with those domed caps on the piers. It’s still doing its job, which is pretty impressive for something that old.
Carhoon HouseHouse · 811 ydExplorer Tom Carhoon House is a 1780 ghost town situation in Carhoon East. It’s currently disused, which is great if you like imagining things, but the substantial chimneystacks and timber sliding sash windows are still holding up the whole historic character thing pretty well.
Mount BernardHouse · 826 ydExplorer Tom Mount Bernard has a hipped roof and round-headed door that make it look very classical and proper. Built around 1820, it ignores local vernacular in favour of formal architecture. The outbuildings are organised neatly around a courtyard, which is very efficient for storage or hiding things.
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carhoon EastFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 847 ydComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carhoon East was used as a haggard until the 1930s. So the cows basically bulldozed it for fun! Check that Bandon River view and tell me if you see any old cattle tracks.
The FarmCountry house · 862 ydExplorer Tom The Farm in Curravarahane is a Gothic-Revival country house designed by Joseph Welland around 1820. It has exuberant carved stone detailing and window joinery that really stand out. The associated walled garden adds to the setting, so take a pic if you can see the architectural details clearly.
Gaggin HouseFarm house · 1028 ydExplorer Tom Gaggin House in Curravarahane is a simple farmhouse from 1860 that’s currently unoccupied, so it’s probably full of ghosts and spiders. It’s got corrugated-iron extensions that look like they were added by someone who ran out of money. It’s very rustic, which is fancy word for messy.
Laragh HouseCountry house · 1059 ydExplorer Tom Laragh House in Laragh is basically a house that kept growing like a tumour, adding bits every century. It’s got an eighteenth-century core hiding under all those twenty-first-century add-ons. Pack a pencil to sketch all those weird angles!
Glenview GardensGarden · 4.4 miComputer-made picture
Monteen CastleRuins · 4.7 miExplorer Tom Monteen Castle in County Cork is a ruin that refuses to stay down. It’s probably hiding behind the hedgerows having a laugh at our expense. Take a picture for me if you pass!
Monteen Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 4.7 miExplorer Tom Monteen Castle is a small ivy-clad tower near a river ford. It’s got vaults that don't quite reach the walls, which is architecturally embarrassing but charmingly lazy. Bring a flask of something warm and a story to swap.
English holly4.8 miExplorer Tom English holly in County Cork is spiky enough to ruin a good day and a bad mood. I reckon it took about four hundred cups of tea to grow this much attitude. Tell it a joke, it hasn't laughed since 1994.
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