Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Egmont , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Egmont
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.26744, -8.74084
- SMR number
- CO016-053----
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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 tillage, on gentle SE-facing slope, c. 450m to ENE of Egmont House. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1943. Circular area (34.1m N-S) enclosed by low rise (H 0.4m). Interior slopes down gently to SE; shown as planted with trees on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Fosse visible as cropmark in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (CO016-280---) c. 150m to ENE.
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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- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.