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Ballinluig West, County Cork, Ireland

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Townland
Ballinluig West
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.75762, -8.42427
SMR number
CO098-061----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Atkinson (1879-82) records that, in 1862, removal of a capstone (2 feet square) revealed 'a small cavity or kistvaen, containing three or four little cups, and a bronze ring which was placed in the middle'. Cups were subsequently smashed and ring retained by landowner; as no mention of bones in report, Waddell (1990, 58) wonders if 'burial or hoard'.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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