What is recorded here
On W-facing slope. Noted on GSAP as subcircular field. Circular area (diam. 18m E-W) enclosed by eroded banks to E and W. Curved field-fence to N and S may respect original line enclosure. Known locally as "fort field".
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
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