Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kill (muskerry East By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kill (muskerry East By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1940)
- Coordinates
- 51.81841, -8.67309
- SMR number
- CO085-055----
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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. Circular area (diam. 37.5m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m). According to Hartnett (1939, 262) 'fosse filled in' and 'its presence is indicated by the difference in the colour of the vegetation immediately surrounding the fort'. Interior planted with trees.
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
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.