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
- 52.24672, -8.42047
- SMR number
- CO018-016----
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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 E-facing slope. Circular area (33.5m N-S; 31.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1m; max. ext. H 1.5m). Bank planted with mature hawthorn bushes; some stone facing noted on external bank face. Fosse survives as gentle slope down to base of bank; overgrown with nettles. Entrance (Wth 3.5m) to NE. Interior grass-covered except for bushes in E quadrant.
See also:
July 2000 - unpublished archaeological report by Archaeological Services Unit, UCC.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.