What is recorded here

No visible trace remains on the ridge now, but the 1842 map still draws a thirty-metre circle in Blossomgrove pasture. Power wrote in 1917 that three raths stood there until recently, suggesting neighbours deliberately flattened what they could have walked past. The land keeps its own ledger, erasing human marks while waiting for someone to stop measuring and start listening.

In pasture, atop ridge. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Power (1917, 23), 'up to fifty years ago there were three raths on the townland, but not one now survives'. 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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