
What is recorded here
In rough grazing, on W-facing slope. Circular area (27.1m N-S; 28.8m E-W) enclosed by stone wall (H 1.1m; Wth 1.14m). Traces of lower courses of earlier wall on outside SW->NW. Upper portions of wall to SW and NE rebuilt. Gap to SSE (Wth 2.8m) blocked by stones.
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 local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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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