What is recorded here

In tillage, on S-facing slope; commands extensive view. Hachured on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) with field fences radiating off it to W, N and E. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Power (1923, 183), 'There are three lioses, each with its rampart about 7 feet high....; a fourth specimen has been destroyed'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.