What is recorded here

Flint stones on the edge, thin walls inside. A chamber, not a chamber. The fort is a living scaffold. The chamber is the visible room. The edge is the edge of the whole system. The chamber is the edge of the whole system. The chamber is the edge of the whole

In rough grazing, on rocky NW-SE ridge, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (24.2m N-S; 29.1m E-W) enclosed by partially collapsed stone wall. Wall collapsed outwards on NE and SW sides down steep external scarp (H 2.05m); survives best on NW and SE sides (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.35m) where land is level outside; large stones form inner stone facing to ESE. Entrance to S flanked on one side by radially-set slab (H 0.5m; L 1m). Interior uneven with rock outcrop protruding in places; scarped up against downslope on NE and SW sides. 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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