Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Urn burial
Moneen (fermoy By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneen (fermoy By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.17663, -8.37184
- SMR number
- CO027-161----
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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
On SW side of ring barrow (CO027-159---) and multiple cist cairn (CO027-069---). Excavated by O'Kelly (1952, 121-58) who describes pit just large enough to contain an Encrusted Urn inverted over cremated bones of adult, possibly male; urn packed around with black ashes; parts of second Encrusted Urn on edge of pit. Burial enclosed by short arc of fosse which joins with fosse of ringbarrow (CO027-159---) at either end; cutting of this extension fosse disturbed Food Vessel burial (CO027-160---). (Brindley et al. 1987/8, 15, fig. 2)
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
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.