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Ringfort - rath

Ballymacpierce, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballymacpierce, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballymacpierce
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1842)
Coordinates
52.19662, -8.79245
SMR number
CO024-012----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In tillage, on gentle SSE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 30m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, W side linear. Levelled; mature crop in field; no visible surface trace of site noted. Bivallate circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosses in aerial photograph (CASAP); external fosse slightly linear on W side; possible entrance to N. Field systems (CO024-235---) visible as cropmarks in surrounding and adjoining fields.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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