Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Maine South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maine South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.34109, -8.81286
- SMR number
- CO002-069----
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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 level tillage, on demesne of Gibbings Grove House (14914). Indicated as square enclosure (c. 20m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) on 1842, 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. No visible surface trace of site in ploughed field; according to local information, this 'fort' levelled c. 1941.
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.