
What is recorded here
In level pasture. Circular area (9m NNE-SSW; 8.8m NNW-SSE) enclosed by fosse (D 0.4m); external bank (H 0.2m) SW->SSW. Entrance with causeway (Wth 2m) across fosse to SSW. Field clearance stones scattered across site. (CASAP)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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, characterized by its circular fosse and external bank with a causewayed entrance. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ceremonial earthworks in the landscape.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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