Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Allihies, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Allihies
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.64890, -10.05358
- SMR number
- CO114-022003-
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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 boggy ground, 150m NE of Allihies mining complex (CO114-02202-). Subrectangular area (12m N-S; 8m NW-SE), enclosed to SE and SW by earthen bank (int. H 1.4m) and bounded by laneway to NE. Bank levelled to NW. In SW quadrant, c. 6m from bank, is circular stone-lined depression (diam 1.6m; D 0.6m), possibly remains of well. (O'Brien 1970, 24).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
- Mining complexunder 1 mi
- Industrial chimneyunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.