Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glengarriff (orrery And Kilmore By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glengarriff (orrery And Kilmore By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.34409, -8.75678
- SMR number
- CO002-035----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured penannular raised area (NW->SSW) on 1936 OS 6-inch map. Oval area (28.3m E-W; 20.9m N-S) defined by low rise (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m) with external fosse (D 0.2m). Bank less well defined SW->W where it borders a marshy area. Fosse to W and E defined by vegetation pattern only. Spring lies a few metres beyond site to NW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.