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Hut site

Knocknakilla, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Knocknakilla, 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
Knocknakilla
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.01027, -9.00619
SMR number
CO048-183----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In recently planted forest, on a level terrace of a N-facing mountain slope. The remains of a roughly circular hut site (3.2m E-W; 2.7m N-S) defined by a low wall that consists of stones piled no more than three high. The wall along the S arc comprises slabs (L 0.6m; Wth 0.35m) that appear to have stood upright as revetment against the higher ground. These slabs are now slumped against the upslope. The wall is best preserved NW-S.

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.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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