Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycummisk, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycummisk
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.53697, -9.47068
- SMR number
- CO140-049001-
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
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (44m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. H 3.25m), best preserved W->SE; external fosse (D 0.35m) S->E, enclosed by field fence W->N. Gap in bank to ENE (Wth 2.8m). Interior crossed by cultivation ridges on N-S axis; circular hut site (3m N-S; 3m E-W) close to inside of N bank; mound of stones (2m N-S; 2.4m E-W) at centre; local tradition of souterrain (CO140-049002-) in 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Mining complexunder 1 mi
- Fish palaceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.