Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oldcourt (carbery West (e.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcourt (carbery West (e.d) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1944)
- Coordinates
- 51.52923, -9.31695
- SMR number
- CO141-118001-
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, atop slight rise, on gentle W-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (max. H 3.6m), with shallow external fosse. Break in bank to N and E. Interior raised on W side to compensate for hillslope. Excavation by O Cuileanáin (Murphy 1961, 79-92) revealed true depth of fosse to be 6ft 6in; entrance to E with evidence for wooden gate and causeway. Interior contained 3 hearth sites; two overlapping oval house sites (33ft by 39ft; 34ft by 38ft); souterrain (CO141-118002-) in SW quadrant.
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
- House - prehistoricunder 1 mi
- House - prehistoricunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.