Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballygrillihan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygrillihan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.18092, -8.44981
- SMR number
- CO026-068----
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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 tillage, on level ground above gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by shallow fosse (D 0.8m) with external earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.5m). Interior grass-covered, sloping gently down to SW; slight depression on E side may indicate former entrance. Fosse overgrown with briars. External bank broken to S and N.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.