Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Derrycreeveen, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrycreeveen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.61601, -9.90767
- SMR number
- CO128-025----
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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, in bog, on Shee Head, on the S side of Bere Island with views across the mouth of Bantry Bay as far as Mizen Head. A roughly rectangular promontory (c. 200m NE-SW; c. 120m NW-SE) projecting SW into Bantry Bay is delimited on three sides by high cliffs and on the landward side by the remains of a NE-SW linear stone wall (L c. 120m; T 1m; max. H 0.5m). The wall protrudes above the surface of the bog and extend across the level neck of the promontory. The largely uneven-surfaced interior rises towards the SW. It was thought that this field boundary possibly delimited a promontory fort but the evidence is insufficient to warrent accepting it as such.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 18 May 2015
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.