
What is recorded here
In floodplain, on S side of inner Dunmanus Harbour. Circular area (17m N-S; 16m E-W) enclosed by eroded earthen bank (H 0.4m). Interior level with signs of flooding.
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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