What is recorded here
In rough pasture, on NNW-facing slope. Circular area (25m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by contiguous line of orthostats (H c. 1m) SSW->NW; low scarp NW->NE; narrow earthen bank externally faced by large contiguously set slabs (H c. 0.75m) NE->ENE. Interior made level by cutting into hillslope ENE->SSW. Possible external fosse (D c. 0.85m) NE->ENE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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