Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathfelane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathfelane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.82872, -8.78357
- SMR number
- CO084-050----
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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. Arc E->S, formed by earthen bank atop scarp (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 3m). Remainder of enclosure erased and interior intersected by modern fences which cut off northern portion. Hachured on 1842 OS 6-inch map as oval platform (c. 40m SW-NE; c. 22m NW-SE); on 1903 and 1943 OS 6-inch maps arc E->S hachured, enclosure indicated as field fences to SW and N. Hartnett (1939, 250) described SE quadrant as raised platform (H 5ft). He also noted 'trace of bank' (ibid., fig. XLIII.3) which appears to lie to N of N edge of enclosure as depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.