What is recorded here

Twenty metres of compacted earth still bulge above the Banefune pasture, marking a boundary that has resisted every plough and forgotten purpose. The soil remembers the shape even when human memory fails, suggesting the fort served more than defense. It may have measured distance, excluded unwanted life, or anchored a neighbourhood in the landscape. What is certain is that the earth held its form long enough to be drawn repeatedly, witnessed across generations, and recorded without invention.

In pasture, atop knoll. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 20m) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; circular rise visible in area of site (diam. c. 20m); field boundary, depicted as skirting enclosure to S and W on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps, survives as low rise. Circular enclosure visible in aerial photograph (CASAP) as cropmark of fosse. Circular enclosure (CO025-01401-) lies c. 15m to N. 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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