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Hearth in Coole Upper

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Found during construction of Cork-Dublin gas pipeline (1981-82). Possible hearth site 'destroyed before excavation'. (Cleary et al 1987, 8) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO036-022

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