Indicated

In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope; farmyard immediately to E of site. Oval area (c. 106m N-S; c. 60m E-W) defined by low earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.8m) with shallow external fosse (D 0.5m). Bank heavily overgrown; inner face slopes gently down to interior; break in bank to N (Wth 2m); recent gap to ESE (Wth 3m). Fosse survives all round, except where breaks occur. Interior heavily overgrown and inaccessible except immediately inside bank and in clearing at SE end. Locally known as a 'fort'. 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