Rylane
Reighleán an Rince
Village
Rylane is located in Ireland
Rylane
Rylane
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°59′02″N 08°50′27″W / 51.98389°N 8.84083°W / 51.98389; -8.84083
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Elevation
635.238 ft (193.621 m)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Eircode (Routing Key)
P32
Irish Grid ReferenceW432811

Rylane Cross (Irish: Reighleán an Rince) is a village in County Cork, Ireland.[1] The town is situated roughly midway between Millstreet and Cork city, north of Macroom in the parish of Aghabullogue.

Ringfort

A ringfort was depicted on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), truncated on the northeast side by roadway, with external fosse (ENE->N) shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map; on 1938 OS 6-inch map as hachured raised area (diam. c. 40m) with external fosse, entrance to the southeast. Two ramparts with intermediate fosse and entrance to the southeast (Wth 24 feet) were recorded by Hartnett (1939, 85). According to local information leveled late 1970s.[2]

Transport

Rylane is served by a single Bus Éireann bus service daily, which is timed to get commuters and school children into Cork in the morning and back in the evening. There is also a twice weekly bus service to Macroom. The nearest railway station is Millstreet railway station on the Mallow–Tralee line, 20 km away.

People

See also

References

  1. "Placenames Database of Ireland". Dublin City University. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. "Archaeological Survey Database". National Monuments Service. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. Chisman, James A. (1994). Johnny Tom Gleeson. Cork, Ireland: The Three Spires Press.



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