
What is recorded here
In pasture, overlooking Ballydonegan Bay. D-shaped area (straight side 21.7m E-W; projecting 21m to S). Interior defined by scarp (H 1m) to S and W; by low earthen bank (H 0.9m) elsewhere; slopes down gently to SW. Locally known as a "lios". Burial ground (CO127-004002-) 11m to NE.
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.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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