Castle (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Leamcon is a forgotten castle in West Cork, reduced to pasture and memory. Tradition credits Sir William Hull with building it in the early 17th century, yet even its turret vanished before modern surveyors arrived. What remains is a absence shaped like a room, perhaps still warm from the pigeons that once filled it.

In pasture on gently S-facing slope. No visible surface trace. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as small square structure named 'Turret'; two walls survive on 2nd ed. OS 6-inch map. According to tradition, built by Sir William Hull in the early 17th century (O'Donoghue 1986, 10). According to local information, a structure "honeycombed with pigeon holes" formerly stood here. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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