What is recorded here

Quarrying has bitten eight metres into the south side of the Clodah ringfort, exposing the hidden depth beneath the pasture. The remaining earthen bank still rises one metre thirty centimetres on the north and east, marking a boundary that human tools have repeatedly recognised but never fully understood. What was taken from the south may have revealed more of the fort than centuries of grass ever showed.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Marked as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Oval, slightly raised area (41.5m N-S; 33.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3m) to N and E; field boundary to W respects enclosure and may incorporate original bank. On S side quarrying has extended into interior by c. 8m. Shallow depression inside field boundary to W. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO083-071002-) in interior. 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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