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
- 51.66821, -9.96644
- SMR number
- CO114-074003-
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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 the S side of a sheltered W-facing hollow to the W of the summit of Miskish Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (3.3m N-S; 3m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 0.6m; H 0.4m) from which occasional stones protrude. Some stones are scattered in the interior and the function of a box-like stone structure (L 1.3m; Wth 0.8m; H 0.3m) in the W quadrant is unclear. The interior is raised (H 0.8m) by horizontally laid stones along the NW arc to compensate for the slope. Another hut site (CO114-074002-) is c. 30m to the W.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.