Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castlemehigan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlemehigan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.47460, -9.72919
- SMR number
- CO147-070001-
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 level pasture, on a terrace on a steep S-sloping hillside overlooking Crookhaven. A heavily overgrown arc S-NNW may indicate the remains of the enclosing element of a rath (diam. c. 20m). This arc is also indicated on the 1902 OS 6-inch map. The top of a fern-covered mound of stones at N appears to be field clearance, but it may overlay the original enclosing element. From N-NNE the arc (L c. 6m) of a low bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.45m) may indicate further remains of the enclosing element. From SSE-S the arc of a rebuilt revetment stone wall (H 1.6m) appears to follow what may have been an enclosing scarp. Elsewhere, there is no definite trace of an enclosing element and the ground surface is uneven. A souterrain (CO147-070002-) is within the possible rath.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - belvedereunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.