What is recorded here

Cliff-edge fort in Creggolympry South stands as a semicircular earthwork perched above Cregg Stream, mapping back to 1842. The field is still called lios field, preserving the old identity of the fort in local speech. Its steep southern edge drops into Cregg Wood, while a low bank curves across the pasture above. The shape suggests people once used the cliff itself as one wall, leaving only the northern arc to build and defend.

In pasture, on edge of sharp cliff-like drop down to Cregg Stream to S. Indicated as roughly semicircular enclosure (c. 70m E-W; projecting c. 40m to N) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; arc (W->E) formed by hachured bank on 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Interior slopes down to S; enclosed by low rise (H 0.2m) W->E, with straight edge to S defined by sharp fall of ground down to stream. Field known locally as 'lios field'. Sharp drop planted with trees, forms part of Cregg Wood. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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