What is recorded here
In pasture, near top of hill. Depicted on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch map as arc ESE->WNW formed by townland boundary. Arc (C c. 55m) formed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.6m) ESE->WNW with internal fosse (D 0.8m). Bank overgrown with hawthorn bushes. Fosse infilled with rubbish SW->WNW. No visible surface trace survives to suggest arc formed part of circle.
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
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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