What is recorded here
In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope, commanding view over Bride river valley. Heavily overgrown, circular area (16m N-S) defined by earth andstone bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.2m), stone faced in parts. Interior slopes down to N. Site lies between two fulachta fiadh; one (CO046-028---) to NW in adjoining field and second (CO046-026---) to SSW in adjoining townland.
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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