Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Foaty , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Foaty
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.89496, -8.30773
- SMR number
- CO075-089----
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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
This is the record for the excavation by Sheila Lane (09E522) which found 'four possible hearth pits ... two were oval in plan, measuring between 0.75m and 1.25m in diameter, and up to 0.33m deep. The other two were small subcircular pits measuring 0.33–0.45m in diameter with a depth of 0.15m.'
Compiled by Denis Power
Date of upload: 8th January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.