Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Farran (orrery And Kilmore By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farran (orrery And Kilmore By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.31444, -8.66704
- SMR number
- CO008-005----
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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 undulating pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842, 1903 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; bank levelled to SW and SE->W on 1903 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps respectively. No visible surface trace of site; according to local information, levelled late 1970s/early 1980s. Bivallate circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosses in aerial photograph (CASAP); truncated on N side by cropmark of laneway.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.