Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyellis (fermoy By., Doneraile Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyellis (fermoy By., Doneraile Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.20767, -8.47054
- SMR number
- CO026-013----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 SE-facing slope. Circular low platform (28m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by slight remains of earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.9m); external fosse (D 0.3m). Bank incorporated into field fence system ESE->SE. Interior slopes down to S. According to local information, when site ploughed, patch of black material visible in interior. Circular enclosure visible, as cropmark of fosse, in aerial photograph (CASAP).
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.