What is recorded here

Three low earthen banks still circle a twenty-six-metre patch of pasture above the Finnow River, marking a fortified home where people once lived, defended themselves and tended animals. The western gap aligns across all banks, suggesting a deliberate entrance rather than accidental erosion. Conifers now grow through the rings, softening the edges but not erasing the shape. The fort has survived because it was built to survive, and the land has kept its promise.

In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope, above sharp fall down to Finnow River valley floor. Circular area (26m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by three low eroded earthen banks with intervening fosses. Banks 1 (int. H 0.5m) and 2 (max. H 1.2m) survive all round; second bank topped by field fence NW->N; outer bank (H 0.6m) survives NNE->S, with scarp (H 1.4m) to SW and W. Poorly defined entrance (Wth 3.5m) through each bank to SW. Possible Man-made underground passage (9082) in interior, which slopes gently down to W. Banks and interior planted with coniferous trees. 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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