Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Shehy Beg, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shehy Beg
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.78748, -9.22118
- SMR number
- CO093-114----
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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
A length of pre-bog wall just protruding above the surrounding bog high (c. OD430m) on the southern slopes of Shehy Mountain. It closes off the eastern end of a level terrace with steep slopes to south and north. It is c. 60m in length and orientated northwest- southeast, curving noticeably in the northern half.
A further short section of wall c. 6m in length and L-shaped is c. 12m to the west.
Compiled by: Tony Miller
Date of upload/revision: 4 March 2022
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.