Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Derrymihin West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrymihin West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.65171, -9.88852
- SMR number
- CO115-028----
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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 reclaimed pasture c. 1.5km E of Castletown Bearhaven. Drawing by Somerville (UCC) shows flat slab, orientated E-W, supported on dry stone masonry; upright stone (H 2 feet) at SW end; two large boulders to W and NE. Somerville considered it a some what doubtful 'grave'. No visible surface trace.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.