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Ringfort - rath

Ballinvoher (Fermoy By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballinvoher, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballinvoher (Fermoy By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1935)
Coordinates
52.19083, -8.43513
SMR number
CO026-064----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (38m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 2.5m); external fosse (D 0.25m). Cattle gap in bank to SSW and N; entrance (Wth 6m) to E, revetted on N side by three stones. Remains of stone facing on outer face of bank to N of entrance. Fosse skirted by field boundary SSE->NW. Interior raised slightly (H 0.5m) around edge on N side thereby levelling interior and creating an inner fosse. Small circular feature hachured in interior on 1842 OS 6-inch map.

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

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1977).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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