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Ballinterry Fortified House

OS 44: 12: 3; OD 150-200ft. East county Cork.
Ballinterry is comprised of a ruined bawn wall and circular corner towers surrounding present day Ballinterry House. One tower to the north-west of Ballinterry House remains partially in place above the first floor. It is circular in plan with an internal diameter of 3.5m. The door ope to the south-east has a modern surround with a rectangular wooden lintel and a square arch overhead. A large section of the north-east part of the tower has collapsed above ground floor level. There are three rectangular splayed stone lintel gun loops remaining spaced around the tower wall. The first floor is featureless and has been rebuilt; much of the top section of the tower is covered with ivy. A wall ran out of this corner tower in a northerly direction, however, it was demolished leaving a scar on the tower where it was initially keyed in. A farm building has been built into the south-west and north-east of the tower on what appears was the original foundation of the bawn wall. Approximately 50m along the line of this wall to the east are the partial foundations of the north-east corner tower. A derelict outbuilding was built into these remains. There remains no visible trace of the south-east corner-tower and 50m to the south of the north-west tower are the circular remains of a rubble mound covered in heavy growth. The surviving north-west tower appears to be seventeenth century in appearance and was built with sandstone random rubble and split stone masonry with a gravel mortar mix.

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Field Walking Photography

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The Fortified House: Re-using medieval roof slate

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