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Habitation site

Fermoy , County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Habitation site, Fermoy, 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
Fermoy
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.13223, -8.25996
SMR number
CO035-134----

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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

Excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. A cluster of three post-holes and four pits were discovered at the N of the site. The pits and post-holes together enclosed a roughly circular area (diam. 2.5m). The pits (diam. 0.38-0.55m; D 0.15-0.2m) were generally subcircular in shape. A large sherd of probable Bronze Age pottery was recovered from the fill of one of the pits. The post-holes (av. diam. 0.3m) contained packing-stones at the sides with the fills yielding two flint scrapers and sherds of highly decorated later Bronze Age pottery. The function of the site has been interpreted as domestic based on both the archaeological remains and the pottery present. The pits and post-holes were radiocarbon dated to 2140-1780 cal. BC. (Murphy 2006h, 59-60; Murphy 2006i)

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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