Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ratooragh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ratooragh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.54903, -9.61446
- SMR number
- CO139-061----
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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
In pasture, on the E side of a stream. A crescent-shaped mound (10.5m E-W; 5m N-S; H 0.6m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil, partially covered with gorse. The opening (Wth 2.2m) faces N. The W edge of the mound is being eroded by the stream.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.