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
Roofless rectangular structure (int: 2.45m N-S; 3.05m E-W; wall thickness 0.85m) c. 0.5 km NE of Martello Tower (CO128-016---) on Bear Island. Shown on O.S. map (1842) as Battery No. 3 in rectangular ordnance grounds. Groundand 1st floor door in W wall. Series of gun loops in 1st floor wall. Chimney stack in NE corner. To SE of battery are two arcs of low stonewalls. Ordnance grounds enclosed by collapsed stone wall.
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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.