Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leper hospital
Gort Na Lobhar (cléire), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gort Na Lobhar (cléire)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.44779, -9.47814
- SMR number
- CO153-040----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
According to Lee (1996, 32), in Clear-island parish, near Skibbereen, there is a townland called 'Gortnalour', meaning the field of the lepers. Lee (ibid.) suggests that a leper hospital or colony may have formerly existed here. According to local tradition, a field, known as 'Gortnalour', was the location of this leper hospital or colony. This field was identified by the landowner. There are, however, no visible remains of any features in this field and there is no further local information.
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
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.