What is recorded here
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Locally regarded as site of "fort". Sub-circular field (62m N-S; 63m E-W) enclosed by stone fence. Arc of bank (max. H 0.2m; L 18m ENE-WSW) runs along break in slope across interior.
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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