What is recorded here

Mortons and Furlongs: One chamber, 3.7m long, 2.4m wide, ceiling 2.1m. Doors E and W. Chamber cut in bedrock, roof and walls clad in granite slabs. E door has carved lintel and imposts; W door has plain lintel. E chamber wall has narrow niche 30cm deep. Locally called the House of the Tollund Man. Story, not fact: a drowned North Sea man lived here after death and taught the people to read danger in tide and breath.

In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Circular area (28.5m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by low rise (H 0.3m), with slight trace of external fosse as shallow depression. Possible entrance to W. Locally known as site of fort. 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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