What is recorded here
No. Under the fort, a passage waited for footsteps, but the entry collapsed before human memory reached it. Broker named the vanished opening in 1937, leaving the tunnel without a door and the fort without its hidden heart.
In ringfort (8262). Broker (1937, 48) mentioned 'opening in middle [of ringfort] now fallen in'. No visible surface trace.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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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