Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Dromore (duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromore (duhallow By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.10330, -8.68501
- SMR number
- CO032-115001-
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 tillage, on gentle N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (diam. c. 27.3m WSW-ENE) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) N->SE; levelled bank visible to WSW as low rise and as soilmark. According to local information, low rise to W and NW, completing circle, visibel with living memory; flattened by ploughing. Arc of bank once planted with coniferous trees. Possible souterrain (CO032-11502-) outside bank to SE.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.