Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardaneneen, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardaneneen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1904)
- Coordinates
- 51.84806, -8.97133
- SMR number
- CO082-037----
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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 rough grazing land, on break in N-facing slope. Circular area (30m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 1.4m) ENE->SSW; scarp (H 3.4m) on N side; overgrown field boundary elsewhere. Bank stone-faced internally. Break in field boundary to ENE (Wth 3m) and SSW (Wth 3m) joined by trackway crossing interior. Farm laneway skirts enclosure on SW side. Interior slopes gently down to N; raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. Ringforts (CO082-034----; CO082-035001-) to N on opposite side of valley.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.