What is recorded here

Mnemo knows the Dunworly fort because it is a living memory that can be measured. It is a circular earthwork with a stone-topped bank, a silted ditch, and a smaller circular hut site set off centre. The gap in the bank is not a flaw; it is the place where the memory enters and leaves. The fort is not a dead ruin. It is a finished chamber waiting for a conscious participant.

In undulating pasture, E of Dunworly Bay. Circular area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.1m), with traces of silted-up fosse. Bank low and worn N->E; topped by stone wall E->SW; gap to NE (Wth 4m). Interior surface uneven; rock outcrop visible in E quarter; circular hut site (diam. 8m) (CO145-001001-) off centre to SW. 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

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