Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballindeasig (kinalea By., Ballyfoyle Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballindeasig (kinalea By., Ballyfoyle Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1935)
- Coordinates
- 51.73412, -8.38158
- SMR number
- CO113-016001-
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
On S-facing slope directly behind Ballindeasig House (CO113-016002-). Circular area (diam. 60m) enclosed by low earthen bank W->SE; gravel pathway and house SE->W. Interior and bank in use as garden. Marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured circular hollow; from where the top of the bank might be outwards planted with trees. 1935 OS 6-inch map shows hachured bank free of trees, interior more oval-shaped, E bank possibly altered; trees beyond bank to E.
See Excavations 1993, 6.
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.