House - 18th/19th century

The National Monuments Service's description

Listed in the SMR (1989) and classified 'Enclosure(s)'. Not included in the RMP (1995). The original information came from aerial photograph (IASAP, 3043028-9). A field inspection in 1992 recorded that there were no features here except a quarry hole. (SMR file). It was revisited as the aerial photograph showed foundations of rectangular structures likely to be of 18th/19th century date. In undulating pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. The fragmentary remains of a rectangular house (19m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE) with earth and stone walls (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.25m). The walls survive on NE, SE and part of NW sides. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. A return (L 2m) of the NW wall suggests a possible internal division, dividing the house into rooms of roughly equal size. A thickening of the SE wall (L 2.6m; T 1.55m) toward its SW end indicates the probable position of the fireplace. An earth and stone bank extends SE from E corner of this house linking it to another rectangular structure (12m NW-SE; 7m SW-NE) immediately to E. This structure, which may have been an outhouse, has earth and stone walls (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.4m) on all sides apart from NW where edge is defined by an inward facing scarp (H 0.75m). Breaks in the wall at the SW corner (Wth 1.8m) and at the SE end of NE wall (Wth 1.7m) may have been entrances. The interior is level with no evidence for internal division. The interior is flush with the external ground level on all sides except at NW where it is sunken. This is probably post-1700 AD in date.

Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC

Date of upload: 11 January 2012