Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknacolan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknacolan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.19238, -8.88806
- SMR number
- CO023-085----
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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 N-facing slope. Circular area (52m E-W; 50m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.42m; ext. H 1.9m); external fosse survives as slight slope down to base of bank. Break in bank to SSE, SSW and NNW. Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. On 1842 OS 6-inch map second hachured bank to N and E, concentric with inner bank, continues to S beyond enclosure, curving in opposite direction.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.