Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Knockawillin (duhallow By., Tullylease Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockawillin (duhallow By., Tullylease Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.30133, -8.96178
- SMR number
- CO006-028001-
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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 pasture. Levelled c. 1974; no visible surface trace. May be one of three 'tumuli' recorded by Bowman (1934, 694) in field called 'The Lios...No. 1...mound ... about 3ft high, the diameter on top is 21ft. No. 2 ...mound is about 4ft high,...surrounded by a vallum, the diameter of which is 53 feet. Diameter at base of mound is 28 feet. No. 3...irregular shaped mound, about 3ft high and covering an area of about 27 sq. yards'. Ringbarrow (CO006-02802-) c. 25m to S; second possible ringbarrow (CO006-02803-) c. 20m to SE.
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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.