What is recorded here
Magic and life entangle there. Study the facts already given. Clear the surrounding story and the visible place must fit one another.
In rough grazing land, on gentle SE-facing slope; ringfort (CO007-02701-) c. 14m to SW. Circular area (23.2m N-S; 20.3m E-W) enclosed by low wide earthen bank (ext. H 0.25m), mainly visible due to differential growth pattern; external fosse visible as shallow waterlogged ring surrounding bank. Entrance (Wth 4m) to SE. Further earthen banks lead off in a south easterly direction and may be remains of earlier field system.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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