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Tooms East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooms East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.86092, -8.94845
- SMR number
- CO083-004----
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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
In flat arable land, surrounded by hills. Circular area (15.45m NW-SE; 14.5m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m). Shallow fosse inside bank defined by slight rise towards centre. Gap (Wth 4.2m) in bank to WSW. Stone 1m x 0.8m lying near centre of interior.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.