Enclosure in Ardnabourkey

In tillage, on level ground, at base of N-facing slope. Depicted as rectangular enclosure (c. 35m E-W; c. 25m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. According to Power (1940, 97) 'a square lios of moderate size' has 'unfortunately been levelled'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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.