Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
Depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 and 1903 OS 6-inch maps; partially levelled on 1939 OS 6-inch map (revised 1934-35). Hartnett (1939, 278) recorded site levelled with corn growing on it (1937); according to him 'it apparently had a double rampart and an overall diameter of about 120 feet'. Field now under pasture.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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