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Hut site

Boherash, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Boherash, 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
Boherash
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.19022, -8.35746
SMR number
CO027-200----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Within the historic town (CO027-042005-) of Glanworth, to the SW of 'Rock Abbey' (CO027-040----). Excavation in advance of a housing development in Boherash townland in 2004 revealed the remains of a circular hut site (diam. 6m) which was defined by a slot trench (Wth max. 0.6m; D 0.15m) at the base of which thirteen post- and stake-holes were visible. The post- and stake-holes represented the structural uprights of the building. The slot trench was cut through along the E arc by a linear ditch-like feature (CO027-202----). The entrance was represented by a break (Wth c. 0.8m) in the S circuit of the hut site and a substantial post-hole at its E side may indicate a jamb post for a door. Clusters of internal stake-holes within the interior of the hut site may have been vestiges of internal fittings. A radiocarbon date of 1300-1365 cal. AD (605±35BP) was returned from charred wheat, barley and oat cereals recovered from one of the stake-holes driven into the slot trench. Another excavated hut site (CO027-201----), which probably dates to the medieval period, is c. 25m to the SE. (Cleary 2006a; Cleary 2007)

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 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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