Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Country house
Ballintober (Kinalea By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintober (Kinalea By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballintober House (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.74906, -8.53821
- SMR number
- CO112-055----
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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
Scant remains of late 17th century house described by Bence-Jones (1978,19) as of '2 storeys with a dormer attic....7 bay centre with gable-ended projecting wings; pediments over 1st floor windows; tall chimneys. Long 2 storey service range at side'. An 18th century print shows ornamental gardens with cut stone pillers fronting house (ffolliott 1974, fig. 9). House demolished in 1940s. Short section of overgrown 2-storey wall still stands; cut limestone column (H 4m) with bird (?) holding shield lying close by. Mature parkland; farmbuildings modernized.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.