Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Clopook, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clopook
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.96466, -7.13116
- SMR number
- LA019-021003-
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Shown on 5 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
Reference to a hut site in the fort (LA019-021001-) (Walsh 1972, 17). In an upland area. No visible surface remains.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
References
Walsh, A. 1972 A preliminary report on monuments of archaeological interest in county Laois. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Caveunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.