Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement cluster
Finure, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finure
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gyleen (1935)
- Coordinates
- 51.79447, -8.19568
- SMR number
- CO100-034----
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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
Coastal village overlooking Powerhead Bay, which retains several houses shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. All are 1-storey and many are or were thatched, mainly with hipped roofs. Fronts range from 3-5 bays with central doorway. According to local information there were three shops and two public houses in the past; one public house survives.
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
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.