Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cashel More, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cashel More
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1903)
- Coordinates
- 51.70400, -8.83278
- SMR number
- CO109-061001-
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 break in S-facing slope. Circular slightly raised area (32m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks; third earthen bank survives (H 0.85m) S->NW. Intervening fosse survives between remaining banks; shallow fosse outside second bank NW->S, and outside third bank S->NW. Entrance to SE cuts inner bank (Wth 2.5m) and middle bank two (Wth 5m). Souterrain (CO109-061003-) in interior; standing stone (CO109-061002-) removed from 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
- Standing stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.