Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dunmarklun, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunmarklun
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Doona Fort (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.83796, -8.93471
- SMR number
- CO083-038----
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 pasture, atop hillock. Circular area (diam. 23m) defined by scarp (H 2m) with slight internal lip. Ledge at base of scarp to N; external fosse (D 0.5m) to W. Ground continues to fall but less steeply on all sides beyond enclosure. Entrance (Wth 6m) to E. Interior and scarp overgrown with ferns; possible souterrain (CO083-131----).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - ornamental lakeunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.