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Forge

Lauragh Lower, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Forge, Lauragh Lower, 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
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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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

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

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

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