Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killuragh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killuragh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.16218, -8.53067
- SMR number
- CO026-075----
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 break in ESE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 40m) on 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Roughly circular, raised area (46m N-S; 41m E-W) enclosed by grass-covered earthen bank (max. int. H 0.95m; max. ext. H 2.1m); shallow external fosse. Second earthen bank (max. int. H 0.4m; max. ext. H 1.5m) survives E->S; scarp NE->E. Interior slopes down very gently to SE. Levelled profile of bank gives interior saucer-like profile. According to local information drainage pipe inserted across site; feeding trough and water mains pipe in N quadrant; large hole dug in NE quadrant by person looking for treasure.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.