Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Raffeen, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raffeen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.83248, -8.37538
- SMR number
- CO087-034----
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
On N-facing slope. Shown on all eds OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) bisected by E-W field fence. Levelled due to quarrying. According to O'Leary (1919, 34) 'It is small, circular, and bisected by a stone fence.The surrounding double fence, about 6' high, bears a thick hedge of thorn, and two hollows on the west side of the lios point to the existence of souterrains' (CO087-090---). No visible surface trace.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.