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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Caherdowney Ringfort (cashel)Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 0.129 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Cork Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Village: Carriganimmy
Latitude: 52.011347N Longitude: 9.065994W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Stone Fort in Co. Cork
A cashel ringfort, offically recorded as monument CO048-069----
In mountainous moorland, on high shelf looking N along valley. Circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by ruinous remains of stone wall (H 0.4m) topped by stone field fence. Possible outer wall (H 0.3m) with shallow intervening fosse W->E. Interior raised slightly on N side to compensate for downslope.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).
Cashels are essentially a ringfort where instead of the enclosing element being an earthen construction of bank and ditch, the enclosing element is a stone construction. Often found where topsoil is shallow and stone is abundant they are usually a roughly circular or oval area, though some examples are rectangular, which is surrounded by a stone wall or walls.
They functioned as residences and/or farmsteads and broadly date from 500 to 1000 AD.
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