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Glannafeen, County Cork, Ireland

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Townland
Glannafeen
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.49580, -9.30020
SMR number
CO150-047002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On W-facing slope overlooking Lough Hyne. Circular area (6m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by circle of stones (H 0.3m; thickness 0.9m); portal stones mark entrance to N, 1.65m apart (E stone H 1.8m; 1.2m x 0.35m: W stone H 2.15m; 0.8m x 0.26m). Excavated by O Cuileanáin (1955, 94-99). Walls constructed of alternating upright stones and dry-stone masonry with central posthole. Elaborate double flue extends from circular hearth outwards under wall; O Cuileanáin suggests function as iron smelting. Finds include iron slag, furnace linings, tuyeres and stone implement.

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

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

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