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Hut site

Corkan, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Corkan, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Corkan
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.54200, -7.55639
SMR number
WM017-113----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in the centre of a rough pasture field. A possible standing stone (WM017-114----) lies c. 70m to NW. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Described by the Forest Service in 2006 as a sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. overall dims. 8.5m NNE-SSW x 8m WNW-ESE) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (H 0.7m). The bank is retained in places on the interior by large flags and boulders. An entrance is located on the N side. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped area of differential growth located within the exclusion zone of a forestry plantation, as seen on Digital Globe aerial photography.

See attached sketch plan of the hut site submitted by the Forest Service.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 10 January 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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