What is recorded here
In pasture, on shoulder of hill, extensive view over Dunmanus Bay to N and NW and E across valley to Mount Corrin and Mount Gabriel. Levelled c. 1980; no visible surface trace.
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.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Man-made underground passage in DunbeaconMan-made underground passage · 663 yd
Derryfunchionhouse · 1031 yd
Dunbeacon Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1711 yd
Mannion's Island (Large)Islet · 2.0 mi
Mount CorrinMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Mount Gabriel View Point toward SouthViewpoint · 2.1 mi
Mount Gabriel View Point toward NorthViewpoint · 2.1 mi
Rossmore Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.1 mi
Mannion's Island (Small)Islet · 2.1 mi
Rossmore Lodgehouse · 2.2 mi