Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curraclogh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraclogh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.82787, -8.88057
- SMR number
- CO083-096001-
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, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular raised area (27.2m N-S; 26m NE-SW) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) WSW->NW and to E; scarp (H c. 1m) to N, S and SW. Bank incorporated into field fence system on E side; field clearance material dumped along outer face. External fosse visible as slight depression to SW. Interior slopes gently down to S, except for last 4-5m which falls steeply; possible souterrain (CO083-096002-) in NW quadrant. Limekiln depicted in SW bank on 1842 OS 6-inch map; no visible surface trace.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Mill - fullingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.