What is recorded here

At end of gravel spur overlooking W bank of Bandon River. Roughly oval area (30.7m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed by deep fosse (D 3.7m) and counterscarp bank (H 0.6m) S->NE; by sheer cliff face NE->S. Interior split-level; W half 2.4m higher. 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

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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