Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Breakwater
Ardaragh East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardaragh East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.63658, -9.79863
- SMR number
- CO129-022----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the E side of the entrance to Lonehort Harbour on the SE side of Bere Island. A large irregularly shaped artificial breakwater (c. 60m N-S; c. 40m E-W; H c. 2m) is located on the seabed at the entrance to the harbour. It was formed by dumping a huge mound of stones on the seabed and acted as a wave deflector at the entrance. According to Breen (1996, 5), the stones were quarried from the nearby headland. There is a stone jetty (CO116-041001-) in the same harbour, c. 200m to the NE. (Breen 1996)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Pier/Jettyunder 1 mi
- Naustunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.