Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derryorgan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryorgan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.19004, -8.75103
- SMR number
- CO024-094----
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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 tillage, on gentle W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured multivallate oval enclosure (c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with lime kiln at centre; as hachured arc formed by central raised area enclosed by fosse WSW->ESE on 1937 OS 6-inch map, with S portion removed by quarry. According to local information, interior enclosed by two banks and levelled c. 1967. Circular slightly raised platform survives, defined by shallow fosse with external low rise SSW->SE; quarry extends into S half of interior. Circular bivallate enclosure visible as cropmark of two fosses in aerial photograph (CASAP), quarried into to S.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.