Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Derryorgan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryorgan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19001, -8.75552
- SMR number
- CO024-222001-
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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
Incomplete cropmark of fosse of large enclosure visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989), abutting NW side of field fence (NE-SW). Visible portions of SW (L c. 110m) and NE (L c. 40m) sides are linear and linked by gently curving arc (C c. 260m) on NW side. Circular enclosure (13538) inside perimeter in NW quadrant shares fosse for short distance along NW side; cropmark of small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) also inside perimeter at W corner.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.