Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Battery
Ardagh (bear By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardagh (bear By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1901)
- Coordinates
- 51.63537, -9.84354
- SMR number
- CO128-015----
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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
Roofless rectangular structure (int: 3.0m NW-SE; 2.4m NE-SW; wall thickness 0.6m) c. 0.3 km NE of Martello Tower (CO128-014---) on Bear Island. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as Battery No. 4 in square ordnance grounds. Ground and 1st floor door in NE wall. Series of gun loops in 1st floor wall. Remains of another structure attached to SE wall. Arc of low stone wall to NE (c. 5.6m).
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Martello towerunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.