Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Gooldshill, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gooldshill
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.12122, -8.64819
- SMR number
- CO033-059----
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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
Depicted as hachured trapezoidal enclosure (c. 70m E-W; c. 60m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with W side slightly convex. In pasture, on nearly level ground; short distance to N land falls steeply down to N. Levelled; earthen bank (int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.4m) survives to W and N incorporated in field boundary system; external fosse (D 0.1m) survives as slight slope down to base of bank. Bank on W side curves as shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Fosse to S clearly visible as shadow mark in aerial photograph (CASAP). Industrial development extends up to edge of enclosure on N side. Circular enclosure (13552) c. 70m to W. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 38).
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.