Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Powerstown, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powerstown
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.18678, -8.54784
- SMR number
- CO025-074001-
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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 level pasture. Rectangular area (41m E-W; 38m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m) with external fosse (D 0.9m; Wth 3.4m). Bank broken by disused trackway at NW and SW corners. Fosse deepened on W side to form drain. Interior planted with trees; inaccessible due to overgrowth. According to local information, called the 'square fort'. Ringforts (12821,12822) c. 40m to E and c. 70m to SSE respectively.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.