Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Poulleagh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poulleagh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.22560, -8.46102
- SMR number
- CO018-073----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In tillage, on gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.5m). Bank survives best S->WNW, where overgrown with bushes; low and eroded elsewhere. Break in bank to NW. Interior raised and saucer-shaped; overgrown with ferns and thistles; in SW quadrant, platform (H 0.4m) extends from bank for c. 1m into interior and is 3m L. Surrounding field fences removed.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.