Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lios Ó Móine, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lios Ó Móine
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gortalassa (Site of) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.44657, -9.49045
- SMR number
- CO153-006001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1769 map "Nieuwe kaart van Ierland / I. Condet sculp." (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1769 · Nieuwe kaart van Ierland / I. Condet sculp. (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough grazing, on N-facing slope. Circular area (c. 50m E-W) defined by scarp to N, E and W (max. H 1.5m); sharp rise to S and SSE (H 0.75m). Interior divided in quadrants by field boundaries; possible souterrain (CO153-006002-).
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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.