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Earthwork

Dromdowney Lower, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Dromdowney Lower, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dromdowney Lower
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
NULL
Coordinates
52.17192, -8.69472
SMR number
CO024-154----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This earthwork is referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 4 North Cork' (2000, 495) under the entry (no. 14200) for a moated site (CO024-153002-). It is described as 'numerous linear features formed by low banks and fosses in same field to E and S of moated site, extend S to church site (CO024-15603-) and burial ground (CO024-15602-). These include
(a) rectangular area (c. 20m N-S; c. 14m E-W) defined by low earthen bank with shallow external fosse; low outer bank on N side curves around NW corner and turns W, for c. 40m, to join SE corner of moated site; E bank of enclosure extends beyond enclosure to N and S, for short distance.
(b) immediately to W of (a) is low earthen bank extending N for c. 30m and S for c. 86m; at S end it forms right angle and extends c. 14m to E, terminating at E field boundary.
(c) extending S from S end of (b) and joining up with E bank of church enclosure (CO024-15603-) is low earthen bank (Wth 4m; L 32m).
(d) extending W from S end of (b) to field boundary to W, is shallow fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 0.8m) with low earthen bank (H 0.6m) on N side.
(e) in SE corner of field, is mound (c. 22m N-S and c. 12m E-W; H 1 to 1.5m) with long axis NNW-SSE; with central linear depression on N-S axis.
(f) c. 12m to S of moated site is sub-square raised area (8m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.5m) with top surface uneven. Area between this feature and field boundary to W is very wet.'

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

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

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