Hospital (in Ruins)

In pasture, atop hill. No visible surface trace of site. Depicted only on 1936 OS 6-inch map as roofless rectangular structure, open-ended to N. Described by OS Field Memoranda (1933) as 'a small enclosure...measuring eleven yards long and 4 yards wide, 1 foot high and 2 foot wide and is composed of earth and stone'. Bowman (1934, 437-8) recorded that 'An Sean-Oisbedeal - The Old Hospital, in P. Lane's... had accommodation for 6 persons', which, according to local tradition, was use during The Famine. Church (14513) immediately to E; burial ground (11993) c. 130m to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009