What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthen ringfort on a west-facing slope in County Cork, Ireland. Its twenty-metre diameter and stone-faced bank mark it as a place where people once lived, worked and belonged. Cattle gaps now cross the ancient boundary, blending human memory with ordinary pasture life.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (20m NE-SW; 19.9m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.1m); external fosse (D 0.4m) E->SW. Bank stone faced in parts; crossed by numerous cattle gaps. 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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