What is recorded here

Half-buried in the black soil, the ringfort holds its shape like a breath caught mid-speech. The earthen bank rises two and a half metres on three sides, then thins to a ridge on the north, as if the hill itself leaned in to listen. Inside, small stones cluster in mounds and a dark hollow opens beneath the grass, waiting for someone brave enough to drop a marble and count the echoes. The Mealagh River curves below, carrying whatever name the fort refused to give.

In pasture, on NE end of low ridge overlooking Mealagh River to S. Circular area (28.2m N-S; 27.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.5m). Bank low on N side; interior raised on E, S and W sides to compensate for hill slope. Myler (1998, 31) records that 'the interior contains mounds of small stones and a sunken area which suggests a possible Man-made underground passage'. 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: 24 January 2013

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