What is recorded here

In level pasture. Depicted as hachured trapezium (max. L c. 70m WNW-ESE, min. L c. 40m WNW-ESE; Wth c. 50m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; indicated as pentagonal enclosure on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps, incorporated into field boundary system; well at centre and on W side of enclosure on 1905 OS 6-inch map. Pentagonal area (c. 70m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) with external fosse (D 1.4m). Bank heavily overgrown; fosse deepened in parts due to drainage operations. Well at centre now covered by slabs; path leads from this well to gap (Wth 2m) in bank to NNE. Gap in bank to SSW and W, both 4m wide. 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 local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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