Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmore (courceys By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (courceys By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Coordinates
- 51.66279, -8.61367
- SMR number
- CO124-035004-
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 grassland, on E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (34m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by double banks and flat-bottomed intervening fosse. Inner bank weathered (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2m); outer bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H1.6m) visible NW->NE and E->ESE, remainder incorporated into field fence. Differential crop growth indicates presence of internal structure. Possible entrances to NNE and SE. Church (CO124-035003-) and graveyard (CO124-035001-) nearby.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.