Standing Stone	Ring Fort	Castle	Weir	Inniscarra Bridge
Oriel House	Gunpowder Mills	Lime Kiln	Military Barracks	St Mary and St John's Church

Military Barracks and East Gate

The barracks were built in 1810 for the British military as part of the expansion of the gunpowder mills. Soldiers guarded the gunpowder mills and would escort the powder wagons through the city to the port of Cork along Magazine Road. There were three entrances into the barracks: the East Gate, the Main Gate and the West Gate. The East Gate led directly to the powdermills and the somewhat modifed structure is still in use as an entrance gate. It also leads to a military graveyard built in 1815, now maintained by the OPW.

The Barracks Square is the oldest part of the complex and was laid out in 1811. The Officers' Mess (now the Medical Centre) and the Stables were built between 1875-1922. The Old Carriage Store was built at a later stage in around 1890. These buildings have been incorporated into the design of the new Ballincollig Shopping Centre complex.

The British Army moved out in 1922 when the Irish Free State was founded and the barracks were burned to the ground in the civil war and subsequently closed. The Irish Army re-opened the barracks in the 1940s under the new name Murphy's Barracks. These finally closed in 1998 when the army unit was relocated to Collins' Barracks in the city.

Current Planning Issue: A guard house stood at the right hand side of the East Gate. It is now in danger of being demolished and planning permission for a modern retail unit is currently in the planning stage. BHA has lodged an objection together with Tidy Towns and Muskerry History Society.