What is recorded here

Cloghboola More holds a broken stone-faced ring beside another intact fort, proving the area supported neighbouring households rather than a single isolated home. The visible arc and faint inner circle survive inside modern pasture, while a suspected underground passage waits beneath the grass. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped inside these circles before fields and fences reordered the land.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842, 1904 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Arc formed by earthen, stone-faced, bank NW->NE. Bank incorporated into field fence system; stone slab (L 4.5m) thrown up against inner bank face to N. Levelled section of enclosure visible as slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) in field to S of arc. Possible Man-made underground passage (8989) in interior. According to landowner, levelled many years ago. Ringfort (8162) 50m to E in adjoining field. Broker (1937, 46) describes them both as of 'average size' with 'double fence'. 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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