Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballybrowney Lower, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrowney Lower
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.06742, -8.30445
- SMR number
- CO044-073006-
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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
The W half of a roughly circular enclosure (enclosure 3) was excavated in 2003 in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The enclosure (diam. c. 22m) was defined by a slot-trench (Wth 0.50m; D 0.55m) with evidence of stone lining along the edges. One sherd of Bronze Age pottery and one piece of metal slag were recovered from the fill of the trench. A number of small post- and stake-holes were excavated in the interior. Two other Bronze Age enclosures (CO044-073001-, CO044-073003-) are c. 20m to the SW and c. 50m to the W, respectively. (Cotter 2006a, 34-5; 2006c)
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
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.