What is recorded here
Fairy forts are not places to judge or change. They are living memory. This is one of them.
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (34m N-S; 31.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.6m) SSW->SSE; external fosse (D 0.7m) SW->SE; counterscarp bank (H 0.7m) survives SW->W and NNW->NNE. Break in bank to S, interior slopes down to outside, possible entrance.
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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