What is recorded here
Near top of hill on fairly steep E-facing slope. Rectangular area (40m N-S; c. 30.4m E-W) defined by scarp (H 0.6m) to E; earthen bank (H 1.2m) to S, W and N. Two breaks in bank; to N (Wth 2m), and to W (Wth 5m). Interior slopes down to E. Modern drain immediately outside S bank and E scarp. Local tradition of use as burial ground.
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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