What is recorded here
In pasture, on hillcrest overlooking stream valley to E. Subcircular area enclosed by shallow fosse with almost levellled external bank (H 0.3m). Possible entrance to SW. Faint trace of outer bank.
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 subcircular enclosure with a shallow fosse and possible entrance, likely a Neolithic ring barrow or early Bronze Age burial monument; its position on a hillcrest suggests ritual or strategic significance.
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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