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Ringfort - rath

Kilpatrick (Kinalmeaky By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilpatrick, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilpatrick (Kinalmeaky By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.77320, -8.68825
SMR number
CO096-108001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a SE-facing slope, c. 350m from the Brinny River to the E and c. 450m from the Bandon River to the S. Indicated as a circular 'Danes Fort' on a 1775 map (no. 37) by B. Scalé (private collection). It is not visible at ground level but the curving field boundary to the E appears to respect the rath. Although currently the field boundary consists of a low earthen bank which falls c. 1.5m to a lane, it may have been altered when the lane was constructed. According to a former landowner, a 'fort' called 'lissie wither' was known at this location and was subsequently levelled. During ploughing at the location a horse's leg is reported to have gone into a 'little tunnel' which ran NE towards Rockfort, the neighbouring townland opposite the Brinny River. This may be a possible souterrain (CO096-108002-) associated with the rath.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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