Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Moyge, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyge
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cill or Ceall (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.29366, -8.76555
- SMR number
- CO007-100----
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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
Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured irregular enclosure on S side of rock outcrop; on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps as hachured penannular raised area open to N, where quarry cuts into interior. In pasture, on E-facing slope. Interior defined by scarp (H 0.8m) NE->SW; much of NE quadrant quarried away; enclosing bank to N levelled c. 1976-1986. Interior surface uneven and broken by rock outcrop; crossed by low NE-SW field boundary. According to local information, tradition of burials here.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.