
What is recorded here
Carrigfadda ringfort in West Cork contains a circular hut site measuring 6.8 by 6.55 metres, marked by a low bank of earth and stone. The small dimensions suggest a private chamber rather than a grand hall, perhaps for birth, death or secret work. The bank still holds its shape because the ground remembered the hands that built it.
In ringfort (CO134-007----). Circular hut site in interior (6.8m N-S; 6.55m E-W), defined by low earth and stone bank.
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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