Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oldcastletown, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcastletown
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.25589, -8.42676
- SMR number
- CO018-013----
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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, just below brow of hill on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 32m) immediately NE of NW-SE townland boundary on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured arc N->SW on 1936 OS 6-inch map, with interior delimited to NW by field boundary extending SW->NE, curved to respect site and by straight townland boundary to SW. Partially levelled; interior (31m N-S) defined by earthen stone-faced bank to N, incorporated into field fence system; earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) NNE->SE; scarp (H 0.4m) SE->SSW. Grass-covered interior slightly raised, especially on S side to compensate for hillslope.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.