What is recorded here

Cliff-edge fort in Marybrook stood on a steep scarp where the land dropped suddenly southward, giving whoever lived there an immediate view across the valley below. The field is called pairc a daingin, fort field, and that name suggests people remembered the place long after its ditches disappeared under cultivation. Bowman recorded levelled forts in that area in 1934, so this may be one of them: a ridge-top stronghold reduced to a faint shadow in the grass, visible only when sunlight rakes the ground at the right angle.

In tillage, on edge of steep scarp which slopes down to S. Cropmark of fosse (SW->ESE) visible on N side of field fence in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). No visible surface trace; field fence levelled. Possibly one of the levelled forts recorded by Bowman (1934, 410-111) in a field called 'pairc a daingin - fort field' on Mr Cronin's land. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.