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Pit - excavated

Muckridge, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Pit - excavated, Muckridge, 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
Muckridge
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.96719, -7.87840
SMR number
CO067-078----

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

Excavation in 2001 in advance of the construction of the N25 Youghal Bypass revealed an oval-shaped pit (1.7m N-S x 1.3m; D 0.25m). The pit consisted of an upper fill of mid-brown sandy silt which contained medium-sized pebbles and stones with occasional charcoal flecking. The lower fill consisted of a loosely compacted whitish-yellow clay with occasional small pebbles and charcoal flecking and yielded a possible struck flint. The pit was sited near to a late Iron Age structure (CO067-075----) excavated in Muckridge townland in 2001. (Noonan 2001a; 2003g, 55-6) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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