1.3 Statutory Protection
Record of Monuments and Places Elizabeth Fort is listed in the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) No. CO074-03901 and is thereby protected under National Monuments legislation. It is classified as a star- shaped Fort. New sites discovered since the publication of the RMP are available on the website www.archaeology.ie . ! Elizabeth Fort and the site of the church of St. Mary Del Nard within the fort are scheduled for Inclusion in the next revision of the Record of Monuments and Places. The scope note on www.archaeology.ie is as follows: CO074-03901- Class: Bastioned fort The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery O ffi ce, 1994) Original fort constructed c. 1601, consisted of large irregular earthen structure, built around pre-existing church (CO074-03902-). Replaced by stronger more regular fortification c. 1624; Cromwell said to have raised the walls in 1649; in decayed condition by 1677; new barrack built inside fort in 1719. Irregular quadrilateral with two pentangular bastions on S corners and two sub-rectangular bastions on N corners; built of regular coursed limestone blocks lying in places on underlying bedrock. Demi-oval shaped bastion projects from centre of N wall. S curtain wall removed; new wall constructed between S bastions. Walls, battered externally, survive to internal height of 4-5m, 2m above this appears rebuilt. Addition with entrance gateway added outside original curtain wall to E. L-shaped building along S and W sides of interior accomodates modern Garda barracks. Cork City Development Plan 2015 - 2021 Elizabeth Fort • is not listed as a National Monument in the Cork City Development Plan • is listed in the Record of Protected Structures in the current Plan. RPS No. PS005 • falls within the South Parish Architectural Conservation Area in the current Plan
David Kelly Partnership with Margaret Quinlan Architects
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