Enclosure in Ballyshurdane

In pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope. Circular platform (22m N-S; 19m E-W; H 0.5m) enclosed by fosse (D 0.5m; Wth c. 10.5m) within larger oval area (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by earthen grass-covered bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m); fosse and bank concentric NW->SE. Slight causeway across fosse to S. Waterlogging in fosse to SW. Break in bank to NE and S. Stone (H 0.5m; 0.3m x 0.95m) stands outside fosse to NE; aligned approx. E-W. 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