What is recorded here
In tillage, on SW-facing slope, at foot of southern slope of Corrin ridge. Circular area (diam. c. 100m) defined by light bank of soil (CASAP). Slight raised circular area (c. 95m E-W) visible; fragment of hone stones, iron slag and a flint flake found while walking site.
See also 'Excavations 2002', 90 (Corrin 1 (site 4) and 2003, 55, no. 240, Corrin 1 (incorrectly listed as SMR 35:19 (01)).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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