
What is recorded here
In undulating pasture. Roughly circular, slightly raised area (46.3m N-S; 33.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.8m) SSE->NNE, with external fosse (D 0.5m) to SW. Break in bank (Wth 2m) to N. Laneway running N-S truncates E edge of site.
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
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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