Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rooves More, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rooves More
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.87958, -8.79298
- SMR number
- CO072-067----
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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, on N-facing slope. Roughly circular, slightly raised area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by low bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.15m); shallow external fosse visible NNE->E. Bank heavily overgrown SE->SSW and separated from remainder of enclosure by field boundary crossing interior on NE-SW axis. Interior heavily overgrown to S of field boundary; to N used as dump for farm yard manure. Standing stone (CO059-101002-) and cup-marked stone (CO072-146----) in same field to NW of site.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.