Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dreenagh East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dreenagh East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Glassid (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.21839, -8.75019
- SMR number
- CO016-186----
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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 gentle NE-facing slope. Circular area (30m SE-NW) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m) with external fosse (D 0.5m). Break in bank to E (Wth c. 2m), SSW (Wth 2.7m) and WNW (Wth 2.9m). Fosse waterlogged; pond (not depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map) has formed on NE side, extending beyond area of fosse. Interior partially overgrown with bushes; waterlogging in S half.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.