Moated site in Ballycoskery

In undulating pasture. Rectangular area (39.1m N-S; 28.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.5m) to N, E and S, with external fosse (D 1.3m); truncated to W by deep wide ditch associated with railway line. Interior partially overgrown. Depicted as hachured rectangular enclosure (c. 55m E-W; c. 45m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, before building of railway line. 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