Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 18th/19th century
Shanacrane West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanacrane West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.77882, -9.21564
- SMR number
- CO093-113----
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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
Small rectangular house or cabin which has been partially built into the base of a south facing slope. It is orientated NE-SW with internal measurements of 4.6m L by 2.45m W with a maximum height of 1.7m at the W gable. The rear (N) wall is almost completely dug into the slope with just a single course of stones at ground level. The front wall is built up to a H of c.1m with a 0.8m wide door opening in it. It is sheltered to the west by a large boulder and faces a small stream to the south.
Though probably only constructed in the 19th Century this building is of interest as it appears to be an example of a type of cabin the very poorest in society would have built, possibly for temporary farm labourers.
Compiled by: Tony Miller
Date of upload/revision: 14 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.