
What is recorded here
In tillage, on S-facing slope. Circular area (24m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.5m); reduced to shallow scarp (H 0.5m) E->WSW. Interior slopes gently down to S; Man-made underground passage (CO122-011002-) in centre.
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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