Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - early medieval
Carrigillihy, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigillihy
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.54532, -9.11828
- SMR number
- CO142-091002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered during excavation of enclosure (CO142-091001-) at Carrigillihy. O'Kelly (1951, 69-86) describes wall foundations (max. H 2 feet) of a drystone-built house (ext. L 28 feet; Wth ext. 28 feet; L int. 20 feet; Wth int. 17 feet); long axis WNW-ESE: there are two opes, opposite each other on the shorter wall. He dates the site to the Early Christian period or later.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.