Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanakill (muskerry East By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanakill (muskerry East By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.92649, -8.91914
- SMR number
- CO071-023----
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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. Roughly circular area (diam. 37.5m) defined by earthen bank (H 1m) with traces of shallow external fosse. Surrounding field fences removed and material dumped in interior. Hartnett (1939, 105-6) recorded an outer rampart surviving to N, circular cell in bank to NW and rectangular cell in bank to E, said locally to have been remains of limekilns but no evidence of burning was noted. No visible surface trace of cell-like features noted. Standing stone (CO071-022002-) and levelled cashel (CO071-022001-) in same field to NW.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.