Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Paal East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Paal East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16458, -8.91195
- SMR number
- CO023-119001-
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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 grounds of Castle Park house. Bowman (1934, 502) recorded fort in K.G. Priestly's, 'single-rampart, only one-sixth of the circuit now stands, this portion being c. 14 feet high, and c. 22 feet wide at base'. Very faint outline of penannular circle (diam. c. 40m) NNE->W, defined by dotted line (doubled S->WSW), surrounds Castle Park house on 1842 OS 6-inch map ; may indicate former extent of ringfort. Arc formed by earthen bank survives to SW of house. Bank (int. H 2.75m; ext. H 1.35m) forms part of rockery; stone faced to S. House appears to be built in N half of enclosure.
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.