County: Cork Site name: TIMOLEAGUE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 02E0203
Author: Tracy Collins, Aegis Archaeology Ltd.
Site type: Castle - tower house
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 547261m, N 544168m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.647490, -8.762085
Timoleague Castle was subject to an archaeological impact assessment as part of a planning application by the owner, who wished to renovate the extant three storeys of the original five-storey tower-house. Permission was granted, with archaeological monitoring as a condition.
Work was undertaken to fill a breach in the eastern corner of structure, which entailed the removal of loose rubble and the excavation by hand of a shallow trench for a ground-beam, on which to construct a new wall. Some localised topsoil removal was undertaken to the north of the castle. This was found to be imported material brought to the site in relatively recent times. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted during any of this work. Further work at the site is anticipated.
16 Avondale Court, Corbally, Limerick
