What is recorded here
In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (35m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.3m) to E and S, with external fosse (D 0.4m). Enclosure planted with conifers; Man-made underground passage (CO095-123---) in interior; standing stone (CO095-06801-) W of site.
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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