Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonrobin, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonrobin
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.20168, -8.88845
- SMR number
- CO023-026----
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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 W-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised area (30m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.4m) SSE->WNW; low scarp elsewhere. Surviving bank incorporated into field fence system. No visible surface trace of lime kiln marked inside WNW bank on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 413-14) as 'single-ramparted' fort (diam. c. 32yd) on Mr Clifford's land, with only 15yd of circuit standing. Rectangular enclosure (CO023-025---) lies c. 100m to N.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.