Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Blossomgrove, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blossomgrove
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Coordinates
- 51.95382, -8.35373
- SMR number
- CO064-063----
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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
On N-facing slope. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as slight curve in NE-SW field fence on 1904 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; stone spread and cropmark indicate position of site. According to Power (1917, 23), 'up to fifty years ago there were three raths on the townland, but not one now survives'.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.