What is recorded here
In rough grazing on S-facing slope. Poorly preserved remains of site known locally as an ancient church (O'Donoghue 1986, 15). Long rectangular structure (16.6m E-W; 4.4m N-S) with partition wall 3.6m from E end. Two breaks in S wall indicate position of door and window; overgrown with bracken and briars.
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 church or high cross; 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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