What is recorded here
In rough grazing, atop hillock. Land falls away most steeply on S side,down to sea. Roughly circular area (22.5m NE-SW; 19.3m NW-SE) enclosed by low, eroded earth and stone bank (H 0.9m) SSW-NE; large boulders on line of bank to NE, partially grass-covered. Field fence running c. NE-SW truncates site to S. Interior slightly higher than surrounding field to W and N; crossed by cultivation ridges on NE-SW axis.
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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