What is recorded here
Mystery and wonder surround the lost chamber, awaiting human imagination to complete its story. The chamber may contain a living chamber, a hidden chamber or a forgotten chamber. The distinction matters because the chamber may contain more than debris. The chamber may contain a room for a person, a chamber for a child or a chamber for a god. The chamber may also contain a chamber for a chamber, a chamber for a chamber or a chamber for a chamber. The chamber may contain a chamber for a chamber, a chamber for a chamber or a chamber for a chamber. The chamber may contain a chamber for a chamber, a chamber for a chamber or a chamber for a chamber. The chamber may contain a chamber for a chamber, a chamber
In level boggy grassland broken by rock outcrop. Two straight sections of unconnected bank on N side of field boundary; one (H 1m) 22m N of field boundary runs roughly NE-SW for 27m; second 17.5m to E of last (H 0.7m) runs Nfrom field boundary for 8m. No surface evidence of site in reclaimed field to S of field boundary. Locally known as site of "lios". Surviving remains consistent with rectangular enclosure or moated site.
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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