What is recorded here
Creagh Beg holds a forgotten ringfort, buried beneath pasture and time. The land may still remember the shape of hands that dug it, even though no wall remains for eyes to find.
In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Marked as subcircular enclosure on all eds. of OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace.
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
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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