Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Greenfield (muskerry East By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenfield (muskerry East By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.87819, -8.62038
- SMR number
- CO073-127----
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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
Two adjacent pits, discovered during test-trenching, were excavated in 2001 in advance of the construction of the N22 Ballincollig Bypass. The first bowl-shaped pit (diam. 0.4m; D 0.1m) was circular in plan and its fill consisted of black charcoal. The second bowl-shaped pit (c. 0.8m N-S x 5m E-W; max. D c. 0.1m), situated 0.05m to the E, was oval in shape and was filled with a mix of red/brown burnt clay with charcoal flecking. The surrounding natural clay had been burnt red. These adjacent pits were interpreted as a hearth and a charcoal sample from this returned dates of 2920-2560 cal. BC and 2520-2500 cal. BC (Murphy 2001b, 16-17). (Murphy 2001a; 2001b; 2003e, 43)
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
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.