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Excavation - miscellaneous

Fermoy , County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, 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
52.13634, -8.26122
SMR number
CO035-149----

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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

This pit was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The pit (diam. 1.1m; D 0.36m) was subcircular in plan and was cut at the S by a modern water pipe. The pit contained two fills that each comprised quantities of burnt stone and charcoal. Charcoal from the primary fill has been dated to 3510-3020 cal. BC (O'Connell 2006i, 75). The final fill of the trough was overlain by material from a fulacht fia (CO035-131----), situated c. 3.5m to the N. According to the excavator (ibid.), the function of this pit is somewhat enigmatic, however the presence of burnt and fire-cracked stones within both fills is an indication that it may have employed a similar function to a burnt mound trough. (O'Connell 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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