What is recorded here

Hearth in Corrin is an informal fire pit excavated in 2003 near the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. Carbonised oak from its charcoal layer dates the site to AD 810-1000. It lies 15.5m southeast of a charcoal-making site and about 10m from another early medieval hearth. People may have gathered there to warm themselves, cook food or tend flames while working the surrounding land.

One of two hearths (see CO035-119----) discovered during archaeological testing in advance of the construction of the N8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass and subsequently excavated in 2003. A charcoal enriched spread (D 0.2m) overlying an informal hearth (0.91m x 0.74m) was uncovered 15.5m to the SE of a charcoal-making site (CO035-118----). A sample of carbonised oak taken from the charcoal layer yielded a radiocarbon date of AD 810-1000 cal. (O'Connell 2006e, 39). The other hearth (CO035-119----) lies c. 10m to the NW and another early medieval hearth (CO035-121----) was found in the immediate vicinity. (O'Connell 2006d; 2006e) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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