Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gneeves (duhallow By., Kilmeen Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gneeves (duhallow By., Kilmeen Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.15727, -9.08157
- SMR number
- CO030-017----
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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, just below crest of N-facing slope. Circular area (internal diam. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.44m; ext. H 1.87m); external fosse (D 0.86m) E->SE and SW->NNW. Break (Wth 9.8m) in bank to NE, with external scarp (H 0.6m) remaining. Interior raised; slopes gently down to N. No visible surface trace of limekiln marked on W bank on 1842 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.