Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bawnlahan (carbery West (e.d.) By., Castlehaven Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawnlahan (carbery West (e.d.) By., Castlehaven Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.50135, -9.25519
- SMR number
- CO150-078001-
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 a W-facing slope, broken by outcropping rock and scrubland with furze bushes. There are commanding views to the W, overlooking Tragumna Bay. An oval area (35m E-W; 29.6m N-S) defined by a steep-sided scarp S-E, with a slight internal lip evident in parts and by the low remains of a grass-covered earthen bank ESE-SSE. A rock-cut flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 1.1m; D 1.2-2.4m) is evident SW-WNW and at NE. There is a possible entrance in the E sector (Wth 5.2m) where there is a break in the bank and the fosse appears to terminate. The grass-covered interior is slightly dished, sloping gently up towards the edge giving the impression of a low inner bank. According to local information, there is a souterrain (CO150-078002-) associated with this 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.