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Field boundary

Derrycreeveen, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field boundary, Derrycreeveen, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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