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Country house in Carrigoon

Country house

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On top of a cliff edge, overlooking River Blackwater to SE. Ruinous remains of 17th/18th-century house, shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as L-shaped building (long axis NW - SE) with projection at SE end of NE side. NE side reduced to low walls/ foundations. SW wall stands to 2-storeys, 5 bays wide, with central…

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On top of a cliff edge, overlooking River Blackwater to SE. Ruinous remains of 17th/18th-century house, shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as L-shaped building (long axis NW - SE) with projection at SE end of NE side. NE side reduced to low walls/ foundations. SW wall stands to 2-storeys, 5 bays wide, with central round-headed stairway window; remains of weatherslating on wall. Fragmentary remains of 2-bay projection at NW end. Internally, large fireplace (Wth 2.06m; D 0.7m) in crossing wall at NW end with small round headed niches on either side. Brick-domed bread oven (0.83m x 1m; H 0.66m), with flue, on SW side of fireplace; round-headed niche (H 1.24m; Wth 1.03m) with flue on NE side. Ruins of rectangular farm building (23.8m NW-SE; 8.33m NE-SW) to NNW, with large windows in gables. Down Survey (1655-6) barony map shows a house in this vicinity.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO033-021

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  • Frederick Dean, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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