Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyglavin, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglavin
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1936)
- Coordinates
- 51.99247, -7.93252
- SMR number
- CO056-002----
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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 crest of hill above NW-facing slope. Good view in all directions. Circular area (37m N-S; 40.8m E-W) enclosed by eroded inner bank (H 0.45m); fosse (D 0.2m) E->N; eroded outer bank (H 0.6m) E->N. Gap in banks to S, with causeway; gap in inner bank to E. Banks overgrown with gorse; interior clear, sloping gently to W. According to landowner, "tunnel" (CO056-010---) in fort; no visible surface trace.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.