What is recorded here

One chamber, two floors, no roof. Built for sight, not siege, it stands beside Rathcooney House still turning its small windows toward the land. The embattled edge mocks a castle; the open top admits rain and sky. A turret is a room that refused to stop being a viewpoint.

On 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Turret', near entrance to Rathcooney House (CO068-088002-). Circular two-storey brick-built tower (diam. 2.4m; H 5m); window on each floor; door ope in ground floor. Embattled parapet wall; roofless. 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

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