Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greenane (duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenane (duhallow By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1905)
- Coordinates
- 52.18245, -8.89259
- SMR number
- CO023-081001-
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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 S quadrant of graveyard, on SW-facing slope. Depicted as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) named Kilroe Grave Yard and Kilroe Burial Gd. respectively on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps; burial ground extended to NW and NE on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Subcircular raised area (internal diam. 32m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.73m), topped by stone wall of graveyard E->NW. Bank planted with trees; modified on NE side where it forms a roughly straight line. Burials in interior, which slopes down gently to SW. According to Grove White (1913, vol. 3, 227), 'the Field Book of 1840 records: - Kylerue Graveyard - A Danish fort lately made a graveyard for strangers'.
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.