Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Scarteen Upper, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scarteen Upper
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.22550, -9.01130
- SMR number
- CO014-060----
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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, on S-facing slope. Arc formed by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.45m) WNW->NE exists on NW side of NE-SW townland boundary. Strong local tradition of fort here; no visible surface trace of rest of circle continuing from existing arc. Bank and interior heavily overgrown with bushes; area of interior inaccessible. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 130) as single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 45yd) on Mrs O'Sullivan's land, with boundary fence running through it, 'cutting off about seven-eights [sic], which portion is now levelled'.
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
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 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.