What is recorded here

Tooreen holds a thirty-five metre earthen ring atop a hillock, its eastern entrance now choked with stones while conifers crowd the interior. The earth rises eighteen hundred millimetres in places, still wearing fragments of ancient stone facing, yet the surrounding pasture suggests the fort has spent centuries feeding livestock instead of warriors. That transformation from defended home to grazing land is not a loss but a continuation of human use, the ring adapting its purpose while keeping its shape.

In pasture, atop hillock. Circular raised area (diam. c. 35m) defined by scarp (H 1.8m), stone faced in parts; external fosse (D 0.4m) to S. Entrance (Wth 2m) to E, blocked by stones. Interior planted with conifers. 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

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