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Hut site

Foilakilly, County Cork, Ireland

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Townland
Foilakilly
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.62353, -9.64418
SMR number
CO130-047----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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, on a NE-SW terrace on the NW-facing slopes of Gouladane overlooking Bantry Bay. The remains of a circular hut site (4.9m N-S; 4.75 E-W) defined by a jumbled stone wall (T 0.55m; H 0.3m) which protrudes from a low bank, especially along the S arc. The interior is raised (H 0.2m) above ground level. The hut site may have been used in more recent times as a turf stand for stacking dry turf. There are many such turf stands on this hillside.

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.

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