Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Commons West (bear By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons West (bear By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.66544, -9.97250
- SMR number
- CO114-087----
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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 peaty hill pasture, on the W-facing stony slopes of Miskish Mountain. A series of collapsed, relict, stone field boundaries (T 0.6m; H 0.5m), which protrude intermittently above the surface of the shallow bog, occur in a roughly rectangular area (c. 140m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE). In general, the relict field boundaries are linear but some shorter curvilinear stretches also occur. Larger stones occur in the remaining lower courses of the relict boundaries. It is likely that smaller stones were removed to build the walls of the enclosed hill fields to the NW.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.