Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyvelone West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvelone West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1904)
- Coordinates
- 51.77373, -8.99791
- SMR number
- CO094-098001-
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 at the junction of four fields, on gentle W-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised area (42m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank(int. H 1.4m) faced with large stones; external fosse (D 1.1m) heavily overgrown. Breaks in bank to NE and S, joined by trackway crossing interior. Possible souterrain (CO094-09802-) in interior.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.