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, -8.62033
- SMR number
- CO073-128----
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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
An area of compact grey/brown clay with a high charcoal content was discovered during test-trenching and subsequently excavated in 2001 in advance of the construction of the N22 Ballincollig Bypass. Excavation revealed this to be a circular bowl-shaped pit (diam. c. 0.6m; D 0.4m) whose fill consisted of charcoal in a grey/brown clay matrix. The pit was interpreted as a hearth and a charcoal sample submitted for radiocarbon analysis returned at date of AD 250-580 cal. (Murphy 2001, 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.