Cashel Fort

In commanding position, enclosing hill-top on E-W ridge. Bordered to N by barony boundary between E Muskerry and Kinalea; barony of Kinalmeaky c. 1km to W; barony of East Carbery (East div.) c. 2.25km to S. Oval area (c. 250m E-W; c. 200m N-S) enclosed by pair of earth and stone banks (H 0.7m) with intervening fosse (D 1.6m). Ó Ríordáin (1935, 49) noted stone facing on outer side of fosse. Second line of fortification c. 48m outside; externally stone faced earthen bank (H 2.45m) described by Ó Ríordáin as stone-faced on both sides with a 'slight depression or trench inside'. Four radial field fences connect outer and inner fortifications; eight in Ó Ríordáin's time. Interior overgrown with gorse; some areas between fortifications in pasture, remainder overgrown. See Excavations 2004, p. 48, no. 219. 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