Mount Long Castle
Castle/fortified house in Cork, Ireland, dating from 1630–1635
Freestanding ruinous remains of three-bay three-storey with attic fortified house, built 1631, comprising central square-plan block with corner-sited square-plan towers, two of which (north-west, south-west) have collapsed. Roof missing with pitches evident to gable fronts. Exposed rubble limestone walls having sections of render, dressed limestone quoins and string courses. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills and chamfered surrounds, having carved limestone label mouldings and single, bipartite and multiple-pane windows with tooled limestone mullions and transoms. Defensive loop openings having dressed chamfered limestone surrounds.
- Type:
- Castle/fortified house
- Period:
- 1630–1635
- Where:
- Cork, Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 51.71°N, 8.47°W
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