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Ringfort - cashel

Farrandau, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Farrandau, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Farrandau
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated (1900)
Coordinates
51.52651, -9.19369
SMR number
CO142-070001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rough grazing broken by a rock outcrop, atop a NE-SW ridge. This stone fort, known as Knockdrum, is defined by a circular area (Diam. 22.5m) enclosed by a drystone wall (H 2m; Wth 3m), which was repaired before 1860 (Somerville 1931, 1; see plan opposite page 2). The wall was laid directly on the rocky ground surface. The entrance is to the ENE (Wth 1.4m), and there is a sentry chamber on its N side, roughly rectangular in plan (Wth c. 1.22m; L c. 1.52m; H c. 1.37m). It has a corbelled roof of dry masonry, supporting a large slab. The foundations of a rectangular structure (int. L 5.2m; int. Wth 5.1m) are located off centre to the W. Within the fort are a souterrain (CO142-07002-), cup-marked stone (CO142-070005-) and cross-inscribed slab (CO142-070003-). A second slab with cupmarks (CO142-070004-) lies outside the entrance.

This is a National Monument in State Ownership (no. 284)

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

Photographs attached:
CO142-070001-_01: Aerial view of fort from NW
CO142-070001-_02: Aerial view from N.
CO142-070001-_03: Aerial view from W.

References

Somerville, B.T. 1931 “The fort” on Knock Drum, West Carbery, County Cork. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 61, 1-14.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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