What is recorded here

Muskerry cliffs dropped away south of the fort while Kinalmeaky shadowed the north, trapping every traveller inside its oval sightlines. Two stone-faced banks and a deep fosse encircled the ridge, forcing anyone who approached to reveal himself before reaching the top. Gorse still chokes the interior, swallowing the footpaths and decisions made there centuries ago.

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

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