What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined stone ringfort atop a Cork hillock, its northern wall still standing nearly two metres high while the southern edge has collapsed into pasture. Inside the uneven circle, ghostly foundations press against the remaining stone, including a long rectangular chamber and two smaller semicircular rooms. A hidden underground passage cuts through the interior, suggesting the fort was more than a defensive boundary. It remains a place where human ingenuity and forgotten purpose are still embedded in the earth.

In pasture, atop hillock. Roughly circular area (31.5m N-S; 27.3m E-W) enclosed by partially collapsed stone wall; wall survives best to N (H 1.8m; Wth 2.4m); very ruinous to S. Interior surface uneven; lower courses of two semicircular structures (3.5m x 2.5m : 4.3m x 2.55m) built against inside of wall to NE; roughly rectangular structure (13m x 3.4m) also built against inside of wall to SE. Traces of fourth structure in SW quadrant. Man-made underground passage (CO092-04702-) in interior. 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

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