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Reen (carbery West (e.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland

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Townland
Reen (carbery West (e.d) By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cave (1842)
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.51991, -9.17131
SMR number
CO151-020002-

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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

In pasture, on the N side of a modern lane in a field known as the 'religín' and below the crest of a hill overlooking the sea to the W. According to local information, infilled in 1850s; said to extend in N-S direction. No visible surface trace. Named 'Cave' on the 1842 OS 6-inch map.

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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