Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballynatona, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynatona
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.02899, -9.08216
- SMR number
- CO048-009----
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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
In marshy rough grazing. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Mound levelled in 1930s. Bronze flanged axehead with stop ridge found 'at a depth of 122cm in the mound of burnt stones, resting on 15cm of similar material' (NMI Reg. No. 1936: 1780) (Cherry 1990, 50).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.