What is recorded here

Indicated is a trapezoidal earthen enclosure on a NE-facing slope in County Cork, Ireland. Cattle gaps pierce the low bank on three sides, suggesting the fort served living herds rather than standing empty. Deciduous trees now crowd the fosse and rampart, softening the sharp geometry Bowman measured in 1934. The site remains visible in pasture, its boundaries still readable beneath leaf and soil.

In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Trapezoidal area (int. dims. 51m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by low earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.05m) with external fosse (D 0.2m). Cattle gaps (Wth 0.6m - 1m) in bank on E, S and W sides; second gap (Wth 1.8m) in W bank to S of first. Slightly raised interior slopes gently down to NE. Site overgrown with deciduous trees, concentrated on bank and fosse. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 60) as single-ramparted fort on J. McCabe's land, with sides of 63, 65, 39, and 30 yds. 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

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