Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cremated remains
Mitchellsfort, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mitchellsfort
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.99980, -8.35084
- SMR number
- CO053-102----
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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 low-lying ground, near a natural watercourse. Discovered during archaeological monitoring in advance of the construction of the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass and excavated in 2001. Excavation revealed an isolated cremation burial with no accompanying pottery or other finds. (Purcell 2003b, 50)
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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.