Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilpadder South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilpadder South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1938)
- Coordinates
- 52.09752, -8.71129
- SMR number
- CO041-071001-
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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)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, with ground rising steeply to S beyond enclosure. Depicted as hachured bivallate enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Northern half of ringfort destroyed due to encroachment of farmyard and buildings. Southern half of interior defined by inner earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.3m) E->NNW; intervening fosse (D 0.9m) and outer earthen bank (H 0.8m) E->W. Inner bank planted with oak trees and overgrown with bushes and young trees. Intervening fosse partially filled with rubble to S for c. 10m; used as farm laneway to W and SW with bank sides cut back to give greater width. Outer bank broken to S (Wth 4m) and SSW (Wth 4m), giving access to surrounding fields. Shallow external fosse (D 0.2m) noted to SW. Southern half of interior slopes down gently to N; heavily overgrown with weeds and briars, delimited from N half of interior (now farmyard) by linear mound of rubble; souterrain (CO041-07102-) in SE quadrant.
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.