Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cave
Castlepook South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlepook South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castlepook Cave (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.24423, -8.56455
- SMR number
- CO017-026----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Cut-marked reindeer bones of palaeolithic date were identified from an assemblage of faunal material from this cave (C Ó'Drisceoil, pers comm, July 17, 2023).
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of revision/upload: 19 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.