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Excavation - miscellaneous

Boherash, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, 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
52.19016, -8.35720
SMR number
CO027-207----

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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 (CO027-042----) of Glanworth, to the SW of 'Rock Abbey' (CO027-040----). Sixteen medieval pits were excavated in advance of a housing development in Boherash townland in 2004. One of the pits was only partially excavated. The pits, which were situated in trench 3, ranged in diameter from 0.4 to 3.6m and in depth from 0.2 to 2.05m and varied from circular to oval in plan. The pits have been assigned a medieval date based on the recovery of medieval pottery in the fills or on the stratigraphic sequence (Cleary 2007, 99). Cork-type pottery was recovered from the fills of twelve of the pits and two of these same pits also contained Redcliffe pottery while another contained Merida-type pottery. A broken quernstone lay at the base beneath the fill another of the pits, suggesting a medieval date. A late 13th-century pit (F133) and another undated pit (F143) were situated within a hut site (CO027-201----), located in the SE corner of this trench. (Cleary 2006a; 2007, 87-126)

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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