Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Commons West (bear By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons West (bear By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.67021, -9.96705
- SMR number
- CO114-073002-
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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 rough hill pasture, on a break on the NW-facing slopes of Miskish Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2.8m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 0.6m; H 0.1-0.5m) revetted internally by upright contiguous slabs (H 0.6m) which are best preserved SE-W. The entrance (Wth 0.6m) is indicated by two upright stones at the NE. The level interior is raised (H 0.45m) at NW and cut (D 0.4m) into the upslope at the SE to compensate for the hillslope. There is an enclosure (CO114-073001-) c. 30m to the NE.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.