County: Cork Site name: Carrigboy Castle
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO082-074 Licence number: 17E0567
Author: Enda O'Mahony
Site type: Possible castle
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 529243m, N 564620m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.829332, -9.026571
A licence was issued for testing as part of further information request by Cork County Council due to concerns that a possible castle may have been located within the proposed development area. There is a possibility that the castle refered to is the adjacent Castleboy House which is occupied by the client. A total of 4 trenches were excavated. The topsoil and subsoil was uniform throughout the site and showed no signs of disturbance. No archaeology was found.
Gortageen, Millstreet Co Cork
