Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Skeagh (carbery West (e.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skeagh (carbery West (e.d) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.57545, -9.33849
- SMR number
- CO141-145----
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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 a coniferous forest, on the summit of Sheagh hill. A ring-barrow, which was 'completely destroyed' during tree planting, was noted to the N of another ring-barrow (CO141-013001-) in 1960 (UCC). There are no visible remains of this ring-barrow. There are two cairns (CO141-013002-; CO141-144----) c. 70m and c. 100m to the S, respectively.
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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.