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Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map within rectangular enclosure. Gatehouse/warden's house survives on E side, 3-bay, 1-storey with dormer windows flanked by shallow gabled 1-bay, 2-storey wings back and front. Adorned with decorative bargeboards and lattice windows. Date stone 1841. Now used as offices. Central accommodation block no longer survies. Infirmary at rear survives as long (23-bay), 2-storey gable-ended block; now functions as hospital. Remains of connecting E-W range between accommodation block and infirmary projects from central E elevation of infirmary. Part of enclosing stone wall survives. Burial ground (CO112-03201-) indicated on 1902 OS 6-inch map to S.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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