
What is recorded here
Depicted as hachured rectangular enclosure (c. 30m ESE-WNW; c. 25m NNE-SSW) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, truncated on SSW side by roadway. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 241) as levelled square fort (side c. 27yd) on Mrs. Sexton'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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