White Castle (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

White Castle stands in Ardcloyne pasture as a broken western wall and a small southern return, preserving a gun loop, a second-floor fireplace and a corner bartizan on three tapering corbels. It probably belongs to the early decades of the 17th century and may have been built by the Roches of Kinsale. The house has lost most of itself, but what remains still marks a defended doorway into the landscape: a place for warning, heat and watchfulness above Whitecastle creek.

In pasture, sloping down to SE, near head of Whitecastle creek; only part of W wall (L 9m) and short return of S wall (L 1.8m) now stand to 2nd floorlevel. In W wall lintelled gun loop at ground level; fireplace at 2nd floorlevel. Atop SW corner bartizan supported by three tapering corbels. Appearance of house built in early decades of 17th century; also known as Ardcloyne Castle, probably built by Roches of Kinsale (Fuller 1907, 15). 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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