Enclosure in Cooles

In pasture, on break in N-facing slope, on W side of farmyard. Depicted as hachured oval enclosure (c. 60m E-W; c. 40m N-S) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Earthen bank (int. H 1.5m) survives SE->NE. Farmyard building, built on bank at E and in N half of interior; silage pit in S half of interior. 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