Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gneeves (duhallow By., Castlemagner Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gneeves (duhallow By., Castlemagner Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.15518, -8.80167
- SMR number
- CO032-011----
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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 brow of hill. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; lime kiln shown in area of NW bank on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; arc formed by low rise visible NNE->SSE. Immediately outside line of enclosure to NNE is spread (11m x 4m) of charcoal and some burnt stones. No visible surface trace of lime kiln noted. Upstanding circular enclosure visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, W409, 03-07-1975). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 63) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 41yd) on Mrs. Cronin's land.
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
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.