What is recorded here

Carrigadoona is a coastal promontory fort on Sherkin Island where huge rocks tumble toward the sea and a shallow creek marks the southern edge. Westropp believed he saw an overthrown wall eight to ten feet thick, yet time has reduced that certainty to a rectangular patch of flat rock overlooking water. A wedge tomb sits just outside the stones, waiting for people who no longer remember why they buried someone there.

Rectangular area, on W side of Sherkin Island, partially projecting into sea to W, defined by tumble of large rocks (many up to 2 metres in length) to S and E and by shore to N and W. Stones to S follow line of shallow creek, Westropp (1914, 95) saw stones as remains of 'overthrown wall about 8ft to 10ft thick'. Interior area flat and rocky; overlooked by ridge immediately to S. Wedge tomb (CO153-001003-) immediately outside tumble of stones to E. 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

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