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Ringfort - rath

Laght (Duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Laght, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Laght (Duhallow By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1936)
Coordinates
52.07568, -8.99471
SMR number
CO039-030----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on upper edge of steep-sided SE-facing slope of valley of Owenbaun River; land slopes upwards from site on N side. Circular area (33m NNE-SSW) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.7m; ext. H 1.2m to base of fosse) S->SE; scarp (H 2.2m) elsewhere. External fosse (max. D 1.6m) survives SSW->NE; shallow N->NE. Cattle gap in bank to N. Break in bank (Wth 6m) to E; line of rough stone embedded along outer edge may suggest that break not original. Interior slopes down to E; raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. Fosse, bank and interior planted with coniferous trees. Skirted by field boundary to SW, W and N. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured bivallate circular enclosure.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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