Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Lighthouse
Gleann Oirtheach (cléire), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleann Oirtheach (cléire)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cape Clear Lighthouse (Disused) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.43445, -9.48464
- SMR number
- CO153-022001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1769 "Nieuwe kaart van Ierland / I. Condet sculp." (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
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The National Monuments Service's description
To SW of Signal Tower (CO153-022002-) on S side of island, enclosed by high stone wall. Roofless 3-storey light house; circular in plan (int. diam. 3.65m; wall thickness 1.2m), granite facade with corbelled supported parapet. Dwellings and out-offices attached. Passage way leads to signal tower to NE.
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
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.