Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leper hospital
Gortnalour, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnalour
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CO082-109----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Lee (1966, 19) 'townland called Gortnalour - the Field of the Lepers....suggests a connection with a former lazar house in the district'. Exact location not known.
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
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