Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortbrack (carbery West (e.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortbrack (carbery West (e.d) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kill Fort (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.52049, -9.20951
- SMR number
- CO151-005----
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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 W shoulder of hillock. Circular area (30m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by worn earthen bank (H 2.2m); external fosse (D 0.8m) to S. Bank stone-faced in parts. Rectangular stone-built structure (3.75m N-S; 2.35m E-W; H 0.73m) adjoins outer bank face to SSE.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.