What is recorded here
Large sub-rectangular area projecting SW from Bear Island into Bantry Bay. Low earthen bank (H 1m) runs across neck; shallow fosse on both sides of bank; field fence to landward side. Interior divided axially by natural fault. Rectangular hut site (6m x 3m) and various anomolous groupings of stones to E, on lower side.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO128-005
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- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Peter Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Towel401, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Seandálaí, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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