Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Dunowen , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunowen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dunowen (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.54912, -8.91972
- SMR number
- CO144-042001-
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
Overlooking Dirk Bay to E. Subcircular raised platform (E-W 53m; N-S 59.6m), almost flat topped (ext. H 2.35m); delimited by road to E. Hut site (9.50m N-S; 5.30m E-W) in interior. Hachured enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Westropp (1914-16, 106) notes that 'The original fort of Dunowen is supposed to be a larger earthwork of the low mote type near the village'. Tradition of souterrain in site (CO144-042002-).
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.