Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Ballynabortagh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynabortagh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeagh Rath (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.00128, -8.45161
- SMR number
- CO052-034001-
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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 a S-facing slope. Shown as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 90m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Visited by Windele in 1844 (O'Donoghue 1914) who found 'an unbaptised burial ground and a square compartment containing a cairn or mound....marked the site of the ancient church (CO052-034002-)' which, according to O'Donoghue 'was used as a chapel more than three generations ago'. Enclosure levelled; field fence and road to W curve to respect arc of site; elsewhere line of enclosing element marked by some low undulations. No visible trace of church (CO052-034002-), nor of burial ground (CO052-034004-); bullaun stone (CO052-034003-) to SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.