What is recorded here
Mairi's twin forts face east, waiting for light. The smaller circle holds a shallow trench and a faint ridge, while the larger ring stands sixty metres away like a matched bracket. Together they suggest a household divided into chambers rather than a single crowded hall. The east-facing slope may have welcomed sunrise into both rooms at once.
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (30m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by slight rise (H 0.3m) with shallow external fosse. Ringfort (CO036-032---) lies 60m to E.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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