Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corbally (duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corbally (duhallow By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.19748, -8.86265
- SMR number
- CO023-036----
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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 SE-facing slope. Circular area (32m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) S->W, with external fosse; low rise (max. H 0.5m) W->N; narrow stone-faced bank N->ENE. Remainder of original bank replaced by two straight, narrow, stone-faced banks to E and SE. Second earthen bank (H 0.7m) runs immediately outside fosse S->W, incorporated into field fence system. Interior planted with deciduous trees and Scots Pine. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 415) as 'double rampart' fort on Mr Nash's land; interior platform c. 5ft higher than surrounding field and outer rampart 5ft H.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.