Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballybeg Middle, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybeg Middle
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.20264, -8.66838
- SMR number
- CO025-002----
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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 rough pasture, atop hill. Depicted as circular area defined by circular line of hachures internally and by hexagonal line of hachured externally on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1982. Circular area (diam. 41m) defined by low rise (H 0.1m) NW->NE and SE->SSW; steep scarp NE->SE.
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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.