Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Forge
Lauragh Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lauragh Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Smithy
- Coordinates
- 51.76175, -9.77260
- SMR number
- KE108-069----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Roadside forge, rectangular in plan (long axis NW-SE) and built of random rubble. Horseshoe-shaped arch, with cut stone voussoirs, at the centre of the gabled front (SE) elevation. Chimney on the NW gable. Recent lean-to addition to the SW side. Not named on the 1846 OS 6-inch map but the structure may be indicated.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.