What is recorded here

In pasture, on break in SE-facing slope. Circular area (45m N-S; 46m E-W) defined by low earthen bank (H 0.5m) E->SSW; stone field boundary SSW->W; scarp (H 1.9m) W->NE. A concentric ruined stone wall runs 3m inside the scarped edge; scarp and wall ill-defined to NE. Interior uneven, rock outcrop exposed in parts. Shallow depression, heavily overgrown, in NE quadrant. Low ridge (H 0.6m) runs out for 12m from bank to SE towards centre. 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

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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