
What is recorded here
In tillage, on edge of steep incline dropping down to Mealagh river. D-shaped area (41m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE), enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.2m) SSW->N; scarp (H 2.55m) NNW-NE; steep drop NE-SSW. Interior slopes down to SW. Myler (1998, 14) records that the 'earthen bank is disturbed by roots and erosion' and he also records 'a possible entrance at the eastern corner of the fort'.
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: 24 January 2013
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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