Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
Rocky steep-sided, sub-rectangular area projecting E into Reanies Bay. Rock-cut fosse crosses promontory on seaward side of neck (CO133-033002-) but regarded by Westropp (1914, 102) as part of castle's defences. At S end of fosse and immediately inside (to E) it is roughly square sod-covered platform (c. 10m x c. 10m; H c. 1m) with some stone facing visible at base. Remains of Barry castle built pre-1553 and finally levelled to present state about 1810 (Westropp 1914, 102).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.