Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Greenville, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenville
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.83360, -8.95705
- SMR number
- CO083-036001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 pasture, on hilltop. Subrectangular area (66m N-S; 85.4m E-W) enclosed by partially stone-faced earthen bank (H 2.5m), with infilled external fosse (D 0.2m) to NNE. Gaps in bank to SE (Wth 3.4m) and NE (Wth 4m). Silage pit against outer bank face to NNW; concrete wall and floor to E; roadway to S. Interior level to W; sloping downhill in E half. Possible souterrain (CO083-036002-) inside bank to S.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.