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Fever hospital

Dromneavane, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fever hospital, Dromneavane, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dromneavane
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Fever Hospital
Coordinates
51.88956, -9.58058
SMR number
KE093-106----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 sloping pasture, overlooking Kenmare town to the S. Two-storey former fever hospital built of random rubble with cut-stone quoins. Front (S) of five bays with central doorway. Rectangular window opes; sash frames survive on first floor. Gable-ended with slate roof. Four evenly spaced chimneys; one on each gable and two on ridge. Chimney on E gable end projects slightly wall. Single storey extension to the rear. Shown as a T-shaped building with two smaller flanking buildings to rear on 1846 and 1895 OS 6-inch maps. Hospital opened on 20th March, 1847 (Cronin and Sheehan 1993). Now functions as a private dwelling.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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