What is recorded here
In pasture on outskirts of Clonakilty and on E side of harbour. Circular area (C 58m NE-SW) defined by shallow fosse (H 0.4m) NE->W. Visible in aerial photograph as large levelled circular enclosure.
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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