Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fish palace
Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baltimore
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.47881, -9.38125
- SMR number
- CO150-049----
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on isthmus to S of Baltimore Harbour. Support niches (H 0.16m; Wth 0.12m; D 0.10m) for press beams occur along vertical rock-face (overgrown) on NW side of field. Went (1946, 137) records two dozen or more niches. Only fourteen are now visible cut into rock at regular intervals c. 0.5m apart and 1.2m above ground level. Little remains of the Cornish premises at Fishery Point erected in late 19th century in an attempt to revive the pilchard fishing industry.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Quayunder 1 mi
- Slipwayunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.