Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Ballyguyroe South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyguyroe South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.24683, -8.47797
- SMR number
- CO018-032----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 plateau, with view in all directions. Roughly circular area (108m E-W; 96m N-S) enclosed by drystone wall SE->NNW and by scarp (H 3.6m) NNW->SE. Bank overgrown with bushes. Interior level; several pieces of iron slag recovered during site inspection. Known locally as 'Ard na Killeen'. Ringfort (12109) c. 90m to E. Surrounding field boundaries built of stone.
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.