Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Kildrum, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildrum
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.27186, -8.23290
- SMR number
- CO020-002001-
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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 level pasture. Trapezoidal area (66m NE-SW; 65m NW-SE) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.3m) on NW, E and SSE sides, and by scarp on WSW side; external fosse (D 0.7m) surviving on E, SSE and WSW sides. Gateway at SW end of SSE bank and at N corner. Fosse wet and boggy to E and WSW, flooded to SSE. Interior recently ploughed; from inside centre of NW bank low linear bank extends SE to centre and terminates in irregularly shaped mound of soil, different in colour to bank soil; at centre is extensive spread of black soil, raised slightly above interior level. North angle of interior enclosed by L-shaped feature visible as soilmark. Depression (diam. 3m; D 0.75m) inside E bank. Souterrain (13279) in NW bank; second souterrain (13278) c. 10m to NE.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.