Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Gort An Acra, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gort An Acra
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1940)
- Coordinates
- 51.92310, -9.15501
- SMR number
- CO069-016----
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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
Shown as hachured subcircular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; indicated on 1904 and 1940 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (38m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by stone wall (H c. 1m) SE->ENE; replaced by field fence ENE->SE. Breaks in wall to NNE, E and SW. Interior generally slopes gently down to SSW; cut into upslope on N side, giving internal wall height of 2.8m; raised slightly on S side to compensate for hillslope. Wall overgrown with trees, bushes and briars; internally faced with large boulders on N side.
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
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - multiple-stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.