What is recorded here

Half-buried in pasture above a rock ledge, the fort keeps its shape because the ground itself leans inward. A two-metre bank, patched with stone in places, circles a space wide enough for a small household, while the northern half drops away over bare rock as if the earth forgot how to hold its edge. The eastern gap is narrow, barely wider than a person passing with arms outstretched, and it opens onto grass rather than distance. Whatever lived there did so between skies: above, the ordinary weather; below, the dark pressure of stone.

In pasture, on break in N-facing slope, above escarpment of rock outcrop. Roughly circular, slightly raised area (38.5m E-W; 34.5m N-S) defined by earthen bank (max. H 2m), stone-faced in parts. Entrance (Wth 1.1m) to E. Interior in S half is level; rock outcrop in N half, beyond which ground falls to lower level. 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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