What is recorded here

Muskerry farmers likely cleared theDerreen ringfort long before records began, reducing a human home to a faint ridge beneath pasture.

In pasture. Marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). Levelled; slight rise survives in area of site. 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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