Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Derreen Lower, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreen Lower
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.69278, -9.76860
- SMR number
- CO116-036----
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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 pasture, on a S-facing slope. A horseshoe-shaped mound (12.6m NE-SW; 10.5m NW-SE; H 1.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The opening (Wth 3.3m) faces a stream at NW. Patches of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil are exposed intermittently on the mound. Two enclosures (CO116-036001-, CO116-042----) lie c. 45m to the SE and c. 50m to the W, respectively.
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.