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Walshestown (orrery And Kilmore By.), County Cork, Ireland

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Townland
Walshestown (orrery And Kilmore By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1937)
Coordinates
52.26944, -8.69299
SMR number
CO016-078----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 flat pasture. Rectangular, slightly raised area (45.8m N-S; c. 34m E-W) enclosed by scarp (H 2m) with external fosse; counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.55) on S side. Fosse shallow and overgrown with reeds; replaced by drain on E side with material from drain dumped along top of scarp on this side. Scarp on W side has slipped considerably or has been cut into; fosse at this point bulges outwards. Interior level and partially overgrown; in SW corner is large circular earthen mound (13.3m NE-SW; c. 13m NW-SE; H 1.5m).

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

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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