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Hut site

Rougham, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Rougham, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rougham
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
51.74961, -9.65403
SMR number
CO104-043----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This monument was reported by archaeologist Tony Miller. He describes it as follows: "A D-shaped hut site partially dug into a 2m high bank along its western side. It measures c. 3.3m E-W; c. 4.8m N-S and c. 0.8m H. The walls are c. 1.2m in width. There are two possible entrances, both c. 0.8m W, to the N and S. This hut site is an area of rough mountain grazing and only c. 2m south of a fast flowing stream."

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 9 April 2014

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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