Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Icehouse
Blarney, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blarney
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92882, -8.57511
- SMR number
- CO062-237----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On wooded slope in demesne of Blarney Castle (see 9642). Circular structure built in N-facing slope, to SW of avenue. Entrance to E via 6m long stone-walled passage (may have been roofed); leads to pointed brick-arched door ope. Interior consists of circular brick-lined chamber (diam. c. 3.5m; H above ground level 2m); tapering downwards to depth of c. 4m below ground level; covered with pointed conical brick roof. Ope in external N wall leads to mural chute down wall.
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
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.