House - 17th century

The National Monuments Service's description

17th century house known as 'Old Court' situated NW of an 18th century dwelling annotated 'Rose Mount' (b. 1773, NIAH) on OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped structure in a complex of buildings annotated Old Court. According to O’Donovan (1837 OSNB 26, 7), there is a complex of buildings which ‘contains a ruin called the Old Court of Rosemount’. Building described in 1982 as the much altered gable of a 17th century house with a wide chimney breast leading to a high chimney. The remains of an unroofed cottage or farm outbuilding adjoin to W. The latter comprises of one wall and a number of cross walls. Although both structures were originally built of stone, there is a good deal of brick visible. Monument is not clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 13 November 2019

References

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.