Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rath (imokilly By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath (imokilly By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1935)
- Coordinates
- 51.98154, -7.96484
- SMR number
- CO067-001002-
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 scrub land, atop hill, commanding extensive view all around and enclosed by hilltop enclosure (CO067-00101-). Circular area (36m N-S; 35.9m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (int. H 1.4m); external fosse (D 0.5m); counterscarp bank (max. H 1.3m), composed mainly of stone. Gap in bank to NW; entrance to E with causeway. Interior level; souterrain (CO067-00103-) in S half.
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
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Schoolunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.