What is recorded here
Built adjacent to quarry. Random-rubble walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H 4m; Wth 6.3m) faces W; arched recess (H 0.7m; Wth 2.45m; D c. 2m) with lower inner arch, rear collapsed, floor of recess filled with collapsed material from funnel and core. Ledge over arched recess on front elevation. Overgrown stone-lined circular funnel to rear.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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