Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballykenefick, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykenefick
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80600, -8.16276
- SMR number
- CO100-023----
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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
Cropmark (GSI, W255) shows circular univallate enclosure (diam. c. 35m); possibly one of the two 'lioses' referred to by Power (1940, 103) as having 'been demolished long since'.
In June 2003 a souterrain (CO100-023001-) was discovered here after the ground colapsed under the weight of a tractor. While the landowner was not aware of any rath or souterrain here, the placename 'Lios na gCruach' is associated with this area. The class for this record has therefore been changed to rath.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.