Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardskeagh (orrery And Kilmore By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardskeagh (orrery And Kilmore By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20534, -8.74035
- SMR number
- CO024-036----
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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 NW-facing slope. Circular area (28.5m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by low rise (H 0.3m), with slight trace of external fosse as shallow depression. Possible entrance to W. Locally known as site of fort.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.