Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygarvan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygarvan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathdermot (1933)
- Coordinates
- 51.83096, -8.48950
- SMR number
- CO086-037001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In tillage, atop E-W ridge. Circular area (38.6m E-W; 38.1m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.45m) E->NE; second bank (H 1.75m) separated from inner bank by intervening fosse. Inner bank disturbed NE->E. Entrance (Wth 1.9m) to SW, with causeway; gap through outer bank (Wth 3.8m) blocked by stone wall. Interior saucer-shaped; souterrain (CO086-037002-) in N half.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.