Enclosure in Ballyboght

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (11m N-S) defined by earth and stone bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.4m) S->NE; bank disturbed elsewhere but not completely removed. Interior slopes down gently to N; raised on N side to compensate for hillslope; surface uneven due to grass-covered mounds of field clearance stones. Locally known as a fort. 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