Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Turkhead, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Turkhead
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.50141, -9.40556
- SMR number
- CO149-038----
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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
In a poorly drained field, in a small coomb, overlooking a natural harbour at the mouth of the River Ilen. This hut site was discovered during Land Project Works and was subsequently excavated by Danaher (1972, 8-9). The excavation revealed that the construction of a field fence and drain had modified the SE edge of this oval-shaped hut site, resulting in a D-shaped outline. The interior (8.5m x 7m) was flat and surrounded by a low earthen bank. The core of the bank was the redepositied sub-soil from a small external U-shaped fosse. An entrance was not discovered but the disturbance caused by the field fence could have destroyed this feature. The only signs of habitation were thin deposits of charcoal in the interior.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Update by: Paul Walsh
Revised date of upload: 10 April 2015
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.