Enclosure in Raheen (duhallow By.)

In rough pasture, on gentle S-facing slope, c. 70m N of River Allow. Depicted as hachured triangular enclosure (c. 30m N-S x c. 30m x c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; natural scarp facing S may mark S side of enclosure. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 712) as '...fort...in Denis O'Shaughnessy's land...now levelled, and appears to have been triangular...'. 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