Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballingarry West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballingarry West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.73697, -8.42240
- SMR number
- CO112-010----
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 tillage. Oval area (52m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by low, worn bank (max. H 0.8m). Gap in bank to SW; second gap to NNW created by pushing bank material into interior to form mound. Interior saucer-shaped. Externally, foot of bank cut away substantially by plough action.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.