Indicated

In tillage, on gentle ESE-facing slope. Depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as square enclosure on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (27.6m N-S) defined by scarp (H 0.4m) ENE->SW, with shallow intervening fosse and wide outer bank (int. H 0.35m to base of fosse; ext. H 1.3m); heavy overgrowth obscures line of enclosure SW->W; field boundary (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.9m) with external drain (D 0.4m) elsewhere. Interior slopes down to SE; overgrown with deciduous trees; c. 6m in from NW bank ground falls steeply for c. 4m before levelling off again. Levelled ringfort (12859) in adjoining field c. 210m to WNW; three circular enclosures (13655,13656,13657) in adjoining fields c. 220m to NNE, c. 60m to NE and 190m to SSW respectively. 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