Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Rath-Healy, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath-Healy
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14861, -8.26611
- SMR number
- CO035-150----
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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
Discovered in 2002 and subsequently excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy bypass (Murphy 2006g, 72-3; 2006n). Excavation revealed two field boundary ditches which were orientated NW-SE and consisted of a compact dark-brown sandy silt with occasional stones. The first boundary ditch (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) had a flat base while the second one (Wth 1.2m; D 0.42m) had a rounded base. A number of excavated features (CO035-139----) in the immediate vicinity were also excavated. In the absence of dateable evidence for these field boundaries, it is considered that they probably post-1700 in date. (Murphy 2006g, 72-3; 2006n)
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC.
Date of upload: 20 Jan. 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.