
What is recorded here
Depicted as hachured quadrilateral enclosure (c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, and incorporated into field boundary system to E and S. In level pasture. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to local information, field known as 'the black field' because it is very wet. May be one of two levelled single-ramparted forts (diam. c. 27yd and 35yd respectively) recorded by Bowman (1934, 553) on W. Mullane's land.
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
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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