Anyone know anything about this ruin???

Twiggy69

Greetings all,
An American visitor to our shores is inquiring about this ruin. He took a photo, and has it mounted in his office. On another thread, we discovered that it is located on the R590 into Crookstown, Co. Cork. Any assistance would be appreciated.



http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.836876,-8.823368&spn=0.000363,0.003433&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.836877,-8.822856&panoid=_fTFxXRpdeMfA5tL7CjUeg&cbp=11,241.88,,0,10.11

DeepSleeper

It is in the townland of Bellmont Lower and is marked on the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map as a Lodge (i.e. Gate Lodge) for Bellmont House which lies to the west of it. I think that map was produced around 1900, but Bellmont House is not shown on the earlier 1st edition 6-inch map (from circa 1840) - So, we can assume that Bellmont House was built in the late 1800's, but the interesting thing is that the Lodge associated with it (as shown by the OP) appears to be there on the 1840's map, though in a smaller form...

In other words, it was a house in the 1840's which was large enlarged and elaborated to serve as a Gate Lodge when Bellmont House was built nearby.

Follow this link in click 'Historic 6"' and 'Historic 25"' to see the old maps - modern aerial photo available there too.

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,543264,565272,7

chem

This house was originaly a mill house. It used the river as a power supply to turn corn into flour.

suzerxxx

its a gate house, i used to drive past it regularly as a child and was always facinated by it, not much help tho

Twiggy69

My sincere apologies DeepSleeper, chem & suzerxxx for not noticing your most detailed and helpful replies. DeepSleeper, you have proven to be a mine of information on this topic and I am sincerely thankful for the painstaking research you carried out.

I will forward all your replies and I am sure my friend will indeed be both amazed at your generosity and thankful for your responses.

Kind regards,

T

suzerxxx

just noticed that person standing behind the wall, thats a bit strange isint it

RollYerOwn

A woman walking along a road?

Tiercel Dave

Even stranger is the car that looks as though it has been abandoned at the crossroads!!! The thick plottens!

Riamfada

murder afoot?

brianwalshcork

it is indeed strange - it looks like mary harney - what was she up to?

Riamfada

Probably just one of those pesky ghost hunters.

If anyone is in the area do they fancy getting a few snaps of the interior?Bogman, I am looking at you!