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In level pasture; townland boundary kinks to respect S bank of enclosure. Heavily overgrown, rectangular area (c. 50m N-S; c. 40m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank to S (int. H 2.2m; ext. H 2.65m), W and N (int. H slight rise; ext. H 1.7m), and by scarp to E (H c. 1m to base of fosse); external wide waterlogged fosse (D 1.05m) all around. Berm between fosse and external face of bank on S (Wth 2m) and N sides. Bank highest at all four corners. Causewayed entrance at S end of W side (Wth 2.5m). Interior level, waterlogged and densely overgrown. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 65). Second moated site (14206) lies c. 500m to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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