Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynamona (fermoy By., Glanworth Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (fermoy By., Glanworth Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.20237, -8.36328
- SMR number
- CO027-009----
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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 S-facing slope, commanding view over Glanworth to Nagle mountains. Depicted as circular area (diam. c. 35m), enclosed by broken line on 1842 OS 6-inch map, in NE corner of field. No visible surface trace of site. Subsequent to field visit site recorded as cropmark of two fosses E->NW in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989), with kinks in field boundaries respecting interior to N and NE. Levelled circular enclosure (CO027-130---) in same field c. 150m to SSW
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.