What is recorded here

Four forts stood in Glengarriff More, each with a seven-foot rampart, until the fourth was destroyed and the earth swallowed the rest. Power recorded them in 1923, but the 1842 map already showed only one circular enclosure, suggesting the others vanished before the surveyors arrived. The pasture holds no trace now, yet the missing ramparts imply human hands shaped that slope long before the fields erased them.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Power(1923, 183) 'There are three lioses, each with its rampart about 7 feet high....; a fourth specimen has been destroyed'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.