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Architectural fragment

Townplots, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Architectural fragment, Townplots, 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
Townplots
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.70627, -8.52439
SMR number
CO112-034011-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

This fragment is on display on the ground floor of the Kinsale Museum, which is situated in the old Market House (CO112-034007-). It consists of a single carved block, the upper portion of a two-light ogee-headed window (L 0.80m; H 0.28m; T 0.22m). Each light is 0.19m wide and there is no evidence for glazing bars. The central spandrel bears the coat-of-arms of the Roche family flanked on either side by a stem terminating in a single leaf. The corner spandrels are each decorated with a Tudor rose. All carving is in false relief and is typical of work dating to the 15th/16th centuries. The piece was formerly incorporated in Roche's bond house, Kinsale, and was transferred to the museum when that building was demolished (pers. comm. E. Gillan). The original provenance of the fragment is unknown but it undoubtedly came from one of the merchant houses in Kinsale.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 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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