2006:392 - SKAGHARDGANNON, Cork
County: Cork
Site name: SKAGHARDGANNON
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 06E0965
Author: Miriam Carroll, Tobar Archaeological Services
Author/Organisation Address: 15 Willowfields, Ladysbridge, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
Site type: Ringfort - rath
Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)
ITM: E 560608m, N 608278m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.224845, -8.576563
Testing of a proposed housing development at Skaghardgannon, Doneraile, Co. Cork, was undertaken as part of a pre-planning assessment. The site of a levelled ringfort (CO017–090) is located within the development area. Testing revealed the subsurface limits of the ringfort and a number of other features associated with modern agricultural practices. The establishment of a 30m buffer zone around the monument was recommended.