Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballysallagh (orrery And Kilmore By., Rathgoggan Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysallagh (orrery And Kilmore By., Rathgoggan Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moanboy Fort (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.35252, -8.66293
- SMR number
- CO003-006----
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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. Raised circular area (39.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m); external fosse (D 1m) survives undisturbed NNW->NE; recut for use as watercourse NW->NNW and material from digging dumped on bank. Break in bank to NW (Wth 3.2m); causewayed entrance (Wth c. 2m) to SSW, blocked by fallen trees. Interior raised above level of surrounding field and heavily overgrown.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.