Field boundary in Ardgroom Outward — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Half a metre of ancient wall pokes through the bog like a broken rib. People moved stones here before the moss swallowed the fields, and turf-cutters keep tearing the secret back into light. The walls curve instead of cutting straight, as if the land itself forgot the difference between ownership and memory.

In rough pasture, in an area of largely cutaway bog stretching to the SE from Glenbeg Lake on the lower N-facing slopes of Tooreennamna Mountain. Intermittent stretches of relict stone field boundaries (max. T 0.7m; max. H 0.5m) have been exposed by turf-cutting in this area (c. 700m NE-SW; c. 400m NW-SE). In general these pre-bog walls, which rest on the underlying mineral soil, are in a collapsed state with only the base stones protruding above the surface of the remaining shallow bog. Occasionally the walls disappear under deeper bog. The visible walls, which are often discontinuous, are generally curvilinear and only occasional linear stretches were noted. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.