What is recorded here
Circular, slightly raised area (53m N-S; 52m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 1.15m); outer bank (H 1.5m) stone-faced in parts. Banks broken to SE and W, with causeways.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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