Field boundary in Cloontreem — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cloontreem holds a collapsed stone wall and several abandoned field boundaries beneath shallow peat on a west-facing slope. Peatcutting exposed the main wall, while lower slopes reveal rough stone lines and a small circular enclosure beside them. The boundary may have marked pasture, exclusion, or ownership before the bog swallowed it. Eagle Hill still stands across the valley, watching the stones disappear again.

In bogland, on W-facing slope overlooking stream valley to Eagle Hill. Peatcutting has revealed collapsed stone wall (H c. 0.6m; Wth c. 1.7m) running NNE-SSW, which disappears into turf bank (H 0.9m) to NNE. Some upright stones noted. Lower down same slope are numerous disused field boundaries (rough lines of stones, some upright, visible above shallow peat (H 0.2m). Other features noted include small circular enclosure (diam. 4m) adjoining E side of disused field boundary. 40m E of enclosure is cairn of small boulders (3.7m N-S; 3.7m E-W); edge well defined on W side. 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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