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Ringfort - rath

Ahane Upper, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ahane Upper, 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
Ahane Upper
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1938)
Coordinates
52.10206, -9.12110
SMR number
CO029-077----

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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 atop ridge, commanding extensive view all round. Circular, heavily overgrown area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.9m); external fosse (D 0.8m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 2m) to NNW. Large earthen mound (H c. 1.5m) in S half of interior may be remains of two lime kilns depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Field boundary skirts enclosure to N, E and S. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 296-7) as double-ramparted fort on J. O'Keeffe's land, with about half of outer rampart standing (H 6 to 9ft); two disused lime kilns in outer rampart and one in inner rampart (ibid.). Possible souterrain (CO029-185---) in interior.

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.

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