Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Metalworking site
Furnace Or Bleankillew, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Furnace Or Bleankillew
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Old Furnace
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.86784, -7.92626
- SMR number
- LE035-033----
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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
The Nesbitts of Derrycarne had Iron works in Annaghduff parish before 1830 (Flanagan 1972, 415) but the date of commencement is not known. The work might have been located at Dromod and an old furnace is indicated on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map in Furnace or Bleankinnew townland, just N of the village.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 January 2020
References
Flanagan, P.J. 1972 Some notes on Leitrim industry. Journal of Cumann Seanchas Breifne (Breifne Historical Society) 4 (15), 406-25.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.