What is recorded here
In rough grazing on lower E slopes of Knocknagallaun. D-shaped area (87m NE-SW; 33m NW-SE) defined by low earthen bank (H 0.7m) NNE->SE; stream SE->SW; field fence running SW-NNE. Lazybeds cross interior on N-S axis. Known locally as "Ríoch na cathar".
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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