Mossgrove Fortified House
OS 95: 8: 3; OD
400-500ft. South west county Cork.
The
remains of Mossgrove fortified house and bawn wall are situated on a south facing slope in a marshy meadow with some rock
outcropping. Two circular towers lay 24m apart, linked by a much-repaired wall with a maximum height
of about 3m. The tower to the north has a diameter of 2.5m and a wall thickness of 1m. It
is entered through a door at its southeasten section; its lintel and relieving arch are missing. The
tower to the south has an internal diameter of 2.5m and its wall thickness is 0.80m, it is entered by a door at first floor
level on its northeasten section. There is a gun loop with a ‘D’-shape terminal and a
narrow slit at this level in the north of the tower and a square gun loop/light opening on its west side at first floor level.
There are the remains of the splay of a window on the southern end of the linear wall that joins both towers.
About 24m to the east of the north tower there are the remains of a sod covered circular rubble mound.
According to Power et al. (1992) they are the remains of a sod covered foundation of an L-shaped house (19m
E-W; 20m N-S) with circular tower diameter 2.7m at its NW corner. This section of the site was under very
heavy growth and it was difficult to locate and identify this foundation. The house was built by the Baldwin
family in the seventeenth century.
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Field Walking Photography
Mossgrove Fortified House - The Bawn
wall
