Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Rossmackowen Commons, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossmackowen Commons
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.68812, -9.80550
- SMR number
- CO116-048002-
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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, in a sheltered valley on the W-facing slopes of Hungry Hill. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2.2m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.45m; H 0.4m). Rubble is scattered around the perimeter, especially along the S-W arc. Another hut site (CO116-048003-) is c. 50m 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.