What is recorded here
In pasture, atop hillock. Circular area (42.5m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.15m) WSW-NE, with large stones atop bank N->NE; position of bank defined by large slabs at intervals NE->SE; stone bank (Wth 1.5m) SE->SSW. Entrance (Wth 1.6m) to SSE, defined by upright slab on each side. Interior overgrown with deciduous trees; Man-made underground passage (CO133-052---) in side entrance.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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