What is recorded here
On the crest of a NW-SE ridge, and at the S end of the roadway (RO027-041----) which extends N to Castleplunket village. Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as Milltown House, and known locally as the site of a castle owned by the O'Conors. The house was built in the mid-18th Century by Thomas O'Conor, the great great grandfather of Roderic O'Conor (1860 - 1940), the artist. It is now a quarry. (Gormley 1989, 147)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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