Blossomfort Explained
| Blossomfort |
| Native Name: | Lios Ard Bláiche |
| Native Name Lang: | ga |
| Map Type: | Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 52.1615°N -8.7542°W |
| Location: | Blossomfort, Ballyclogh,
County Cork, Ireland |
| Type: | ringfort |
| Material: | earth |
| Built: | c. AD 550–900 |
| Ownership: | state[1] |
| Embedded: | | Embed: | yes | | Designation2: | National Monument of Ireland | | Designation2 Offname: | Blossomfort | | Designation2 Number: | 594[2] |
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Blossomfort is a ringfort (rath) and National Monument (#594) located in County Cork, Ireland.[3]
Location
Blossomfort is located 1 km southwest of Ballyclogh.
History and description
Blossomfort is a circular lios, 60m (200feet) in diameter with an entrance in the northeast corner.[4] Ringforts of this type were mostly built c. AD 550–900. Internally people were housed in wooden huts. Another fort lies immediately to the northeast; this may have served as a livestock enclosure.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Listing 7 January 2003 . XLS . Heritage Ireland . 7 February 2017 . 27 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062355/http://www.heritageireland.ie/media/Listing%207%20January%202003.xls . dead.
- Web site: National Monuments of County Cork in State Care . 1 . heritageireland.ie . National Monument Service . 2 July 2020.
- Web site: https://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2014-meeting1180603/[PAC-R-1288-Correspondence-3A.4-OPW-Appendix-4B.pdf National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship ]. 25 February 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20151017075101/https://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2014-meeting1180603/[PAC-R-1288]-Correspondence-3A.4-OPW-Appendix-4B.pdf . 17 October 2015 . Oireachtas.
- Web site: 25-inch OS map . 2017-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829114800/http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,548321,601472,11,9 . 2012-08-29 . dead .
- Web site: Unpublished Excavations: RINGFORTS.
