Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Claraghatlea North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Claraghatlea North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.06227, -9.07986
- SMR number
- CO039-043----
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 level pasture. Circular, slightly raised area (30m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by low, eroded earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m). Bank severely eroded in parts; planted with well-spaced mature deciduous trees. Interior slopes gently down to NE; used as dumping ground. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 316) as single-ramparted fort (diam. 38yd; bank 5ft H) on J. O'Connor's land; fosse infilled.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ogham stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.