Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballybrack (carbery West (w.d.) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrack (carbery West (w.d.) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.50023, -9.60023
- SMR number
- CO148-018001-
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, on NW-facing slope. Circular area (34m NW-SE) partially enclosed by field fence (H 1.5m) NW->SE; low undulation SE->NW. Entrance (Wth 2.2m) through fence to SE, defined by 2 radially-set stones. Interior slopes gently downhill to NNE; possible souterrain (CO148-018002-).
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Walled gardenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.