Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissacaha, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissacaha
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.53918, -9.60346
- SMR number
- CO139-030001-
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Roughly circular area (29m N-S; 32m E-W) in level pasture land; enclosed by two earthen banks separated by intervening fosse; with external fosse (D 2.1m). Inner bank (int. H 2.6m), levelled S->SW, replaced by low, narrow earthen bank; entrance to ESE (Wth 3.5m). Outer bank (H 2.5m) NNE->SE; berm on inner face (Wth 2.3m) SSE->NNE; levelled portion to E, replaced by low, narrow earthen bank, enclosing triangular area in front of entrance. Interior raised above level surrounding fields; souterrain (CO139-030002-) near centre.
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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.