Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Scartnamuck, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scartnamuck
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79705, -8.76491
- SMR number
- CO096-112----
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, on a gentle SW-facing slope, with commanding views over the valley to the SW. Indicated as an oval 'Danes Fort' on a 1775 map (no. 31) by B. Scalé (private collection). It is not visible at ground level. According to the landowner, when the field was ploughed the area occupied by the rath was notably more stony than the rest of the field.
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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.