B y the time of the production of Story’s Map of Cork in 1690 substantial development ha d taken place in the areas comprising the North Mall, the Shandon area and Pope’s Quay as far as the Kiln Rover. The street pattern of the area which became largely set in the 18 th -century had yet to fully evolve by this time. This map annotates ‘Shandon Church’ with the letter I . This would appear to represent the original St. Mary’s Church that preceded the 18 th - century St. Anne’s Church.
Figure 7: Extract from Story’s 1690 map with substantial development evident on northside of River Lee
Development north of the Lee expanded eastwards and westwards during the 18 th -century, with both Carty’s map of 1726 and Rocque’s map of 17 59 depicting quayside development extending from the North Mall in the west to present day St. Patrick’s Quay in the east . Suburban development had also extended substantially northwards towards the Blackpool area. Carty’s map also depicts the newly built St. Anne’s Church (marked A on Figure 8 below), the site of Shandon Castle (marked B on Figure 8 below) and the second iteration of St. Mary’s church which was built in the late 17 th - century on the prominence above Pope’s Quay (marked C on Figure 8 below). Other notable features depicted on this map include the ‘Old Market Place’ off Blarney Street and the ‘Sand Quay’ which fronted the Kiln River in the area of the present - day Murphy’s Brewery. Many of the streets and lanes which survive to the modern day had been laid out by the time of the production of Rocque’s 1759 map. Some element of Shandon Castle seems to have survive d up to this point as it is annotated on the Rocque’s map. Rocque’s map also depicts the development of ‘The Poor House’ on the site of present - day Murphy’s Brewery. This building would later become subsumed into the brewery complex.
Integrated Urban Strategy, Shandon, Cork Baseline archaeological assessment
15
Powered by FlippingBook