What is recorded here

In rough grazing 54m E of Caha River. Circular area (6.7m N-S; 6.6m E-W) enclosed by fosse (D 0.45m) with external earthen bank (H 0.40m). Entrance (Wth c.1m) with causeway across fosse at SE. Interior level with small depression (diam. 1m; D 0.25m) in SE quadrant. Natural platform adjoins bank from SE->SSE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices in the Irish landscape. Its construction with a fosse and external bank reflects a regional tradition of monumental funerary architecture.

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