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Castlefreke or Castle Freke, the family seat of the Freke family, Lords of Carbery, a title created in 1715. The house was built by Sir John Evans-Freke in 1780, and remodelled in 1820 by the renowned architect Sir Richard Morrison into a castellated gothic mansion. It became ruined after a fire in 1910, then refurbished, only to become ruinous again some years later after its sale in the 1920s. Since then the modern restoration work on the ruins ongoing since 2007 has apparently been put on hold, or even abandoned, it's not known for sure. The site was silent during my visit apart from some raucous crows, and the building blocks that are stacked neatly all around, now await the skilled labour that was here just a few years ago.

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