What is recorded here

Barrow is a ring-barrow in County Cork, Ireland, where a levelled mound still marks the earth despite repeated ploughing. The site sits in a field called Fort Field, suggesting people long remembered it as a place of strength or gathering rather than a forgotten heap. Its shallow arc and nearby companion barrow hint that the land once held a whole circle of lives, rituals, or claims now worn smooth by time.

In pasture, on gentle ESE-facing slope. Bowman (1934, 467) recorded levelled 'tumulus' on J. Collin's land. 'Diameter of surrounding fence, 49 feet: Diameter of base of mound, 31 feet' (ibid.). Arc formed by low rise to W and N gives approx. diameter of 25-30m. According to local information, site called 'fort' in 'fort field' and ploughed numerous times. Ring barrow (CO021-027---) in same field c. 30m to SSE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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. Its construction and measured dimensions suggest a significant funerary monument, though specific archaeological details remain limited.

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