What is recorded here

Four hawthorn trees hold the burnt ridge steady beside a holy well, marking a place where heat and water collided before written memory. The horseshoe shape suggests people gathered at its open throat to watch steam rise or food soften, while the sealed arm hid the machinery of fire. Neither function has vanished; both still invite imagination into the gap between pasture and ritual.

In pasture, adjacent to holy well (13970). Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 18.3m; Wth 13m; H 1.3m); opening (Wth 8.8m) faces NE. Four hawthorn trees grow on mound. Holy well (13970) at terminus of SE 'arm' of mound. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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