Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ratharoon East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ratharoon East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1939)
- Coordinates
- 51.71211, -8.68612
- SMR number
- CO110-076----
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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 E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 46m ENE-WSW) enclosed SE->WSW by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (D 1.4m); low rise WSW->SE indicates line of levelled inner bank. Inner bank (int. H 0.9m); outer bank (H 1.7m) with berm on inner face, incorporated into field fenceto W. Well in fosse to S causes waterlogging.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.