Trafalgar Monument, Carrignamuck
| Trafalgar Monument | |
|
County Cork | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Tower |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°55’47"N, 8°46’1"W |
| Village: | Carrignamuck |
| History | |
| Built c. 1820 | |
| Tower | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Ruined |
| Owned by: | Private |
The Trafalgar Monument is an ornamental tower (or folly) in Carrignamuck townland, County Cork, a mile and a half north of Coachford village. It was built by Nicholas Colthurst, who served during the Napoleonic Wars, and was a midshipman aboard HMS Prince during the Battle of Trafalgar.[1] Colthurst continued to serve in the Royal Navy until 1841, retiring with the rank of Commander.[2]
This tower is depicted as a rectangular structure in the 1841 and 1901 surveyed OS maps. The Irish Tourist Association survey of 1944 describes it as a plain, ivy-covered, rectangular structure, which once appeared to have a stone roof. It goes on to state that it was erected by 'Capt. Colthurst of the British Navy' to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.[3]
The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork describes it as a mid/late nineteenth century roofless square tower, one storey in height, with a high parapet wall, located on a man-made mound, and overlooking both the Dripsey River and Clonmoyle House. The tower is said to contain tall stone-arched windows and a fireplace. Local information erroneously asserts that it was built to commemorate the death of a Colthurst at the Battle of Trafalgar.[4]
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a ruinous square-plan folly tower, built c.1820, with rubble stone walls and an ogee-headed opening to each elevation. An entry also erroneously states that it was built by the Colthurst family to commemorate the death of a family member at the Battle of Trafalgar.[5]
The tower is not accessible to the public and is located on private property.
See also
- Dripsey Castle, Carrignamuck
- Carrignamuck Tower House
- Dripsey Castle Bridge
- Colthurst's Bridge
- Larchfield House, Carrignamuck
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References
- ↑ "The National Archives". http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=ADM%2036%2F16274.
- ↑ Greene, Anthony (Dec 1991). "The Church of Ireland in Magourney Parish". Coachford Record 2.
- ↑ Murphy, C (1944). I.T.A. topographical and general survey. Irish Tourist Association.
- ↑ Denis Power (1997). Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, volume 3. Dublin: Stationery Office.
- ↑ "National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20906109.