Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Rathclare, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathclare
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.24207, -8.67788
- SMR number
- CO017-032----
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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 low lying, partially reclaimed wetland, c. 200m N of Awbeg River. Depicted as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 10m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Two low earthen oval mounds survive, separated by muddy cattle path. More westerly mound (H 0.6m; 19.5m E-W; 12.8m N-S) covered in bushes; easterly mound (H 0.6m; 17.5m E-W; 11.5m N-S) grass-covered. Area shown as 'liable to floods' on 1906 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 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.