What is recorded here

In pasture on E-facing slope. Circular area (9m E-W; 10m N-S) enclosed by fosse (D 0.4m) with external bank (H 0.5m). Interior level; site planted with trees. 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, representing a type of funerary monument common in Atlantic Europe. Its fosse and external bank indicate ritual significance and social organisation of the period.

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