What is recorded here

Murphy recorded a very large double-embankment fort in 1898, but the surviving circular earthwork measures forty-seven metres across and keeps a causewayed entrance facing the Toon River valley. A rectangular stone-faced feature sits off-centre inside the bank, suggesting the fort contained more than a temporary shelter. The field boundary later absorbed the outer fosse, yet the inner ridge and standing stone still mark the place where human hands shaped the slope before the fairy name took it over.

In pasture, on S-facing slope, overlooking Toon River valley to SE. Circular area (47.6m N-S; 45.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 2.25m) with external fosse (max. D 0.8m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 5m) to SE; stone facing at sides continues along inner bank face to N and S for 1m and 2m respectively. Fosse infilled in most parts but outline still visible. Undulation inside and concentric with bank survives SSE->NW. Off-centre to NE is rectangular feature (15m N-S; 12m E-W), open on E side, defined elsewhere by low bank with some upright stones as internal facing; gap at NW corner and on S side (Wth 2m). Murphy (1898, 11) records 'a very large fort with a double embankment encircling it'; field boundary encircling line of outer fosse on 1904 OS 6-inch map and surviving on 1938 OS 6-inch map from W->E appears to have incorporated remains of outer bank. Standing stone (CO070-075----) in same field to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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