Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Lighthouse
Downmacpatrick Or Old Head, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Downmacpatrick Or Old Head
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.61291, -8.53392
- SMR number
- CO137A001003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This lighthouse is referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 2 East and South Cork' (1994, 295) under the entry (no. 5887) for another nearby lighthouse (CO137A001002-). (S. Ronan 21/11/2007)
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1978).
Nearby in the register
- Lighthouseunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.