What is recorded here
In pasture, near top of hill. Ivy-clad chimney stack (1.8m E-W; 3.05m N-S; H c. 10m) of unknown date, probably projecting from W wall of house (long axis N-S) indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Fireplace (Wth 2.42m; D 1.17m) facing E with lintel missing. According to local information, part of 'Elizabethan hospital'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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