What is recorded here

Cliff-edge fort in Ballynagree East is a D-shaped enclosure on a promontory above River Laney, using a eastern cliff and earthen banks to exclude intrusion. Its narrow northern gap and steep southern slope suggest people valued awareness as much as strength. The flat interior and dropping cliff edge create a small stage where human life could have played out beside water and sky.

In pasture, on slight promontory above River Laney. D-shaped area (straight side 20m; projecting 18m to W), defined by two earthen banks SSE->W, with ntervening fosse; single earthen bank (H 0.6m) W->NNE; cliff edge to E. Gap (Wth 1m) in bank to N. Outside enclosure land slopes down to S; banks more defensive on this side as incorporated into slope. Interior level except along cliff edge where it slopes down to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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