Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcranathan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcranathan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.15169, -8.72864
- SMR number
- CO032-042----
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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 tillage, on gentle W-facing slope, above Finnow stream. Circular area (internal diam. 40m E-W; 39m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.75m; ext. H 2m); external fosse (D 0.2m) NW->WSW. Bank overgrown with bushes and trees. Entrance (Wth 5m) to SSE; sides stone faced. Interior grass covered; slopes down to NW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.