Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Ballynagree East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagree East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.97379, -8.91542
- SMR number
- CO060-018001-
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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 slight promontory above River Laney. D-shaped area (straight side 20m; projecting 18m to W), defined by two earthen banks SSE->W, with ntervening fosse; single earthen bank (H 0.6m) W->NNE; cliff edge to E. Gap (Wth 1m) in bank to N. Outside enclosure land slopes down to S; banks more defensive on this side as incorporated into slope. Interior level except along cliff edge where it slopes down 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.