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What is recorded here

Cloghgriffin castle collapsed into a low mound at the north-east edge of its ringfort before the 1842 survey, leaving only a short mortared wall and scattered stones for the draughtsman to mark as ruins. That much is clear. The missing height and vanished rooms belong to the lives that filled them, perhaps a keeper, tenants or traders using the fort as a anchor on the Cork landscape. The mound still holds the shape of what the earth took back.

At NNE edge of ringfort (CO136-004001-). Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as 'in ruins'. Mound of earth and stones (H 1.5m; 15.3m E-W; 10.3m N-S) with remains of mortared stone wall (H 1.1m; 1.16m E-W; Wth 1m) at E end. 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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