Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromore South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromore South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisnagilky (1938)
- Coordinates
- 52.08515, -8.68387
- SMR number
- CO041-077----
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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 gentle S-facing slope, with land falling more steeply beyond site to bank of River Lyre c. 250m away. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.4m); external fosse (D 0.4m). Bank heavily overgrown; causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) to SSE. Fosse infilled on N side due to existence of modern farmyard; wall separates bank from yard. Interior used as dumping ground for field clearance material. No visible surface trace of outer bank depicted on 1904 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps and described by Bowman (1934, 605) as c. 8ft H. Called 'Lios na Giolcaighe - fort of the Broom' (ibid.).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.