What is recorded here
In mountain scrub, on S-facing slope commanding extensive view S over Kildorrery. Circular area (34m N-S; 34m E-W) raised c. 2.5m above surrounding field level. Undulations around edge of interior may be remains of enclosing bank. Drainage channel skirts enclosure to SW. Interior slopes gently down to SSW; bisected off-centre by Cork-Limerick county boundary (running E-W). Known locally as 'the lios'.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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