Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Killydonoghoe, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killydonoghoe
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95734, -8.38786
- SMR number
- CO064-171----
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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 remains of a series of subcircular grain-storage pits were excavated in 2001 in advance of the construction of the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass. The grain-storage pits (max. dims 1.4m; D 1.05m) were located to the W of a Bronze Age house (CO064-167----) in an area where large pieces of five saddle querns were found. According to the excavator (Sherlock 2003c, 45), a number of the pits had large saddle quern fragments situated towards the base of the fill. Oak charcoal from one of the grain-storage pits and a nearby post-hole were dated to between 1599 and 1431 cal. BC and between 1525 and 1429 cal. BC, respectively while hazel charcoal from another pit was dated to between 1427 and 1261 cal. BC (Sherlock 2005b, 34). A final phase of activity at the site was represented by a shallow pit. Ash charcoal from this pit was dated to between 199 and 45 cal. BC (ibid.). (Sherlock 2003c, 45; 2005b)
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
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.