Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathcool (duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcool (duhallow By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.10430, -8.98220
- SMR number
- CO030-145----
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 gentle N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled roadway running NE-SW transects enclosure. On NW side of road is raised area (C c. 22m NE-SW), scarp most clearly defined to W; no visible surface trace of site to SE of roadway. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 357) as one of two levelled single-ramparted forts (CO030-147---) on Mr McCarthy's land; (diam. '39 yards and 34 yards').
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
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.