Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cupmarked stone
Hollyhill (carbery W. (e.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hollyhill (carbery W. (e.d) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.55144, -9.37040
- SMR number
- CO141-149----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a pasture area on bedrock, within the SW portion of a children's burial ground (CO141-058----). At least 22 cupmarks (diam. 0.03-0.07m; D 0.01-0.03m) are visible on the surface of the bedrock (2m E-W; 1m N-S). A grass-covered sod covers part of the rock and may mask further cupmarks.
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.