What is recorded here

Moneygaff East holds a hut site beside a rath, marking a place where people lived before the land forgot their names. The earth may still carry the shape of a door, a hearth or a crowded room, waiting for someone to imagine the heat and noise inside. What is certain is that the area was important enough to record, and what is missing is the human story that gave the stones their purpose.

This hut site is mentioned in the Inventory entry for the rath (CO094-034001-). 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

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