6,000-year-old house part of heritage featured in new book

A 6,000-year-old home built in the Ballincollig area features in a 200-page book on Heritage Houses of County Cork which could make an interesting Christmas stocking-filler.

The county council’s heritage unit, with the support of the Heritage Council, has just produced the book, which also contains 200 maps and features a host of interesting Cork’s buildings up to the turn of the 20th century.

Produced in consultation with Tobar Archaeological Services and Blue Brick Heritage, it is the second in the Heritage of County Cork series and follows on from last year’s successful Heritage Bridges of County Cork.