
What is recorded here
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Roughly subrectangular area (41m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.75m) with external fosse (D 0.65m). Bank to NE and SE forms a continuous curve; banks to SW and NW are linear. Inner face of bank slopes gently down towards interior; outer face is more sharply defined. Interior heavily overgrown and inaccessible.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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