Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Knockaclarig, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaclarig
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.26212, -9.20543
- SMR number
- CO013-009----
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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 forested boggy ground, on gentle S-facing slope. No visible surface trace. Hachured on 1936 OS 6-inch map as mound (diam. c. 7m). Recorded as 'a small mound which some old residents of the district call an Old Fort' (diam. 7yd; H 3ft); section shows mound with sloping sides and flat top (c. 6ft across) (OS Field Memoranda 1933).
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.