Carn (Remains of)

In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (7.5m N-S; 9.5m E-W) enclosed by shallow fosse with low external bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m). E-W field fence skirts N side of site. Two stones in centre 0.85m apart; upright stone (H 1.27m; 1.36m x 0.8m) is roughly rectangular in plan, long axis NE-SW; second stone (L 1.34m; 0.68m x 0.66m) is prostrate. 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

Neolithic circular enclosure or ring barrow, dating to c. 4000–2500 BCE. Its ditches and central stones suggest ritual or funerary significance, typical of early ceremonial sites in the region.