Parkavonear Castle
Parkavonear Castle is a 13th-century
It is two stories high, and unusually is built to a cylindrical design, rather than the more common rectangular shape. The walls are two metres thick, and the internal floor space is several metres wide. There is a staircase within the wall joining the two floors. An entrance has been made into the lower floor, but originally the only entry would have been to the higher floor, enabling the occupants to pull in the ladder in time of attack. Only the stone parts of the structure remain, as the wooden floors and roof have deteriorated and been removed.
An earthen rampart was part of the defences, but this has been levelled.
Parkavonear Castle takes its name from the Irish paírc an mhóinéir, meaning field of the meadow. It is sometimes spelt Parkvonear, but local spelling includes the middle letter 'a'.
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