Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Templenoe, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templenoe
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.14106, -8.34592
- SMR number
- CO035-012----
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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 parkland of Templenoe House, on N side and on edge of high bluff above River Blackwater. Penannular raised area (diam. 26m E-W; 16m N-S to cliff edge) defined by fosse (D 1.1m) WSW->ESE, with external bank (ext. H 1.1m) and outer fosse (D 0.5m); cliff edge elsewhere. Platform raised 1.2m above level of surrounding shallow fosse and enclosed by fence with interior planted with shrubs. Bank grass-covered; causewayed break (Wth 4.5m) to NNE; disturbance to WSW appears to be as a result of quarrying. External fosse survives best NNE->ESE and WSW->NW; shallow elsewhere.
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
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.