Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Coolnagillagh Upper, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnagillagh Upper
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.06170, -9.01933
- SMR number
- CO039-083002-
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
On high level pasture, c. 12m to S of second ring-barrow (7869). Circular area (9m N-S; 8.5m E-W) enclosed by shallow fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 3m) with outer earthen bank (H 0.55m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 2m) to SSW. Interiorlevel. Site planted with coniferous trees.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.