Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolykeerane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolykeerane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.09113, -9.10335
- SMR number
- CO039-001001-
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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 N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured arc S->W on 1904 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps, with portion of SE quadrant indicated in field boundary system; N part of site truncated by road extending ENE-WSW. Arc formed by rubble on line of original bank survives S->W, with external fosse and second worn earthen bank. Fosse filled with slurry. Outer bank removed to SSW to allow for run off of slurry. Inner earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1m) with external fosse (D 0.5m) incorporated into field fence on N side of road. Interior covered by farm buildings and roadway. Souterrain (CO039-00102-) in external face of inner N bank. Limekiln on outer W bank (CO039-00103-).
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
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.