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On NE tip of Ringarogy Island, overlooking channel of Ilen estuary. Raised platform (22m N-S; 34m E-S; H c. 0.75m) with low grass covered undulations indicates area of site; stones from castle were ferried, in 1826, to Skibbereen to build the Pro Cathedral. Castle of the O Driscoll clan (Healy 1988, 181).
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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