
What is recorded here
Magic and risk belong everywhere, but nowhere matters more than the places where people first saw the shape of the world.
In pasture, atop hill. Circular area (42.1m N-S; 42.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.9m); external fosse (D 0.4m) SW-ESE. Gap (Wth 1.8m) in bank to E. Cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis; circular hut site (9.95m NW-SE; 7.8m NE-SW) (CO131-119001-) in S quadrant.
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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