What is recorded here
In pasture, on level ground. Circular area (18m N-S; 19m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.4m); external fosse (D 0.5m). Entrance to SW (Wth 2.7m), with causeway. Cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis; Man-made underground passage opening (CO119-023002-) in S bank.
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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