Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lisgoold North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgoold North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97266, -8.23021
- SMR number
- CO065-007002-
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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
N half of possible ringfort (CO065-007001-), discovered and recorded in July 1983. Three chambers linked by creepways; rock-cut to level of curved roof which is earth cut. Entrance gained through collaped roof of chamber 1, probably in position of original entrance. Chamber 1 oval-shaped in plan (2.6m x 2.1m), floor covered by debris. Short creepway leads N to Chamber 2, roughly triangular shaped plan (max. L 3m; max. H 1.2m), air vent in W corner. Long creepway leads downwards to E into Chamber 3, roughly rectangular in plan (3.8m x 1.7m; max. H 1.3m) with blocked construction shaft at N end.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.