Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garraun North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garraun North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.99085, -8.65896
- SMR number
- CO051-068001-
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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 tillage, on E-facing slope. Circular area (48.3m E-W; 47.2m N-S) defined by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (H 2.6m) mainly grass-covered; break in bank to SE. Intervening fosse (D 1.9m) and outer bank (H 1m) partially overgrown with bushes and briars. Hachured circular hut site (diam. c. 10m) depicted in interior on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Standing stone (CO051-068002-) outside enclosure to E.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.