What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined stone ring in Mid Cork, not a fantasy trap. The broken wall still marks a round place where people lived, worked or kept animals before the stones fell. The nearby standing stones and second fort suggest the slope was busy, not empty.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 36m) enclosed by partially grass-covered collapsed wall (max. ext. H 0.7m; T 7m). Wall mainly collapsed outwards especially on downslope (S); inner face (H 0.8m) remains intact to E for c. 7m with ledge (Wth 0.28m) surviving 0.4m above ground level. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; small grass-covered mounds of dumped stones and loose stones scattered across surface. Standing stone (CO071-022002-) inside wall to SW. Ringfort (CO071-023---) in same field c. 70m to SE. Standing stone (CO071-024----) c. 150m to ENE. Surrounding field fences removed. 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

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