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Country house

Skahanagh More (Fermoy By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Skahanagh More, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Skahanagh More (Fermoy By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Ballyshara (1936)
Coordinates
52.24449, -8.53584
SMR number
CO018-024----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Ruined rectangular 2-storey house, of early 19th-century appearance. Entrance front (S) of 3 bays: central round-headed door ope with fanlight and sidelights incorporated into frame; brick-arched window opes. Hipped roof partially collapsed, two off-centre chimneys. Central round-headed stairway window on rear elevation, partially hidden by lean-to extensions onto slightly off-centre 2-storey gabled addition to rear. Curtain wall extends from side elevations to ornate gable-ends of farm buildings which extend back enclosing yard to rear.

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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