Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 18th/19th century
Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kenmare
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- The Shrubberies
- Coordinates
- 51.87777, -9.58550
- SMR number
- KE093-061008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (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
In Kenmare, c. 100m W of Henry Street and c. 200m E of the Finnihy River. The house is of 18th-century appearance although parts of it may be earlier in date. The one-storey entrance front (N-facing) is of six bays and has a two-storey gabled projection at an obtuse angle to its E end. A walled garden with bee boles lies to the E and there is an ice house to the N. A large covered well, said by locals to be medieval, is to the E in the garden of a bungalow. The house is named 'Monastery' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, there was a monastic community living here although there is some confusion as to whether this was in the medieval period or in more recent centuries.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
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