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Ringfort - rath

Doonasleen East, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Doonasleen East, 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
Doonasleen East
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Lissadoon (1938)
Coordinates
52.14213, -9.13546
SMR number
CO029-014001-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope, c. 200m W of Owentaraglin River. Circular raised area (47m E-W; 45m N-S) enclosed by inner earthen bank (int. H 2m; ext. H 3.3m); intervening fosse; outer earthen bank (H 1.5m) SE->SW. Inner bank planted with young coniferous trees to NW and S->SW; cattle gap to N and SW; causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) through both banks to SSE. Intervening fosse (D 1.6m; Wth 7m) overgrown to E and S; used as farm trackway to N and NW. Outer bank planted with coniferous trees SSE->SW; broken to WSW where trackway exits. Interior grass-covered; souterrain (CO029-01402-) at S side.

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

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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