
What is recorded here
In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by heavily overgrown, earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.75m). External fosse survives as slight slope down to base of bank. Bank incorporated into field fence system SSW->NE; entrance (Wth 2m) to E; cattle gaps to S and WSW. Highest point of interior is W half, sloping down towards entrance to E and more gently to N and S. Man-made underground passage (CO041-10002-) in W half of interior.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase · CC BY 2.0