Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caher (ibane And Barryroe By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caher (ibane And Barryroe By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.58422, -8.91362
- SMR number
- CO135-088001-
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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 pasture, on E shoulder of E-W ridge. Circular area (40m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.5m); second bank survives W->N (H 2.9m), separated by intervening fosse. Inner bank partially levelled off, giving wide and uneven profile; gap to SE. Area of levelled outer bank N->W uneven, sloping gently down to W; gap to N (Wth 8m). Interior rises to central E-W ridge; souterrain (CO135-088002-).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.