Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Na Huláin Thiar, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Na Huláin Thiar
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.94911, -9.13044
- SMR number
- CO058-061001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 reclaimed pasture, on S-facing slope. Oval area (40m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m) SW->ESE; steep scarp elsewhere, faced with some large stones. Bank topped by stone field fence SW->N; gap (Wth 4m) to NNW forms gateway. External fosse (D 0.6m) SW->WNW; drain follows line of fosse WNW->ESE, heavily overgrown. Interior uneven and waterlogged in parts; raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. Stone structure (c. 8m N-S; 6m E-W) at centre of interior, heavily overgrown; wall (H 1.2m; Wth 1.6m; L 4m), which appears to curve, forms E side; possible souterrain (CO058-061002-) in interior.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.