Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Meentinny West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meentinny West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.26309, -9.12567
- SMR number
- CO013-022----
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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
In glen, c. 20m E of stream. Hachured as mound (diam. c. 30m) on 1936 OS 6-inch map. Natural hillock. Probably 'Cnocán na bPaidreacha, little hill of the prayers' recorded by McCarthy (1991, 86), as 'sited in a lonely glen...a cone shaped mound' where 'many years ago rosary beads were found'. Bowman (1934, 108) noted tradition that Mass was celebrated there in the Penal Times.
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 - rath1 mi
- Souterrain1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
- Fulacht fia1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.