Moated site in Cloghphilip

In tillage. Depicted as hachured rectangular enclosure (c. 40m N-S; c. 20m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Hartnett (1939, 276), outline could be traced giving 'dimensions of approximately 50 by 30 yards', with 'a spring well outside the line of the northern rampart'. Fulacht fiadh (9761) in N portion of site. 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