
What is recorded here
On gently sloping boggy ground N of rocky inlet. Low grass-covered mound with stones protruding from it. According to local tradition Spanish soldiers buried here.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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