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Country house

Mountuniacke, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Mountuniacke, 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
Mountuniacke
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Mount Uniacke (in Ruins) (1934)
Coordinates
51.97868, -7.99579
SMR number
CO066-024----

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Ivy-clad ruins of 'early 18th-century, single storey house raised on a high basement' (Glin 1988, 52; photo 49). Entrance front (S) of 5-bays, 2 bays to W collapsed; stone steps up to central door with simple architrave doorcase of limestone; large window opes with brick surrounds. Central core of house entirely fallen. Courtyard to rear enclosed by ruined farmbuildings.

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

Nearby in the register

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

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