Earthwork in Coolbane, County Cork

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

In pasture, on a S-facing slope with views S over Courtmacsherry Bay. Indicated on the 1902 OS 6-inch map as a hachured arc (C c. 30m) S-N abutting the W side of a N-S field boundary. The stone-built field boundary is obscured by briars and is of similar construction to other field boundaries in the area. There are no visible remains of the possible earthwork. There is a rath (CO124-055----) c. 90m to the NNE and another rath (CO124-054----) c. 200m to the NW. It is possible that the hachured arc on the OS 6-inch map indicated the remains of a third rath. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO124-071

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