Moated site in Tullig (orrery and Kilmore By.)

In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Roughly square area (int. dims. 26m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by three earthen banks with intervening fosses on N side; one earthen bank on E side; two earthen banks with intervening fosse on S and W sides. External fosse (D 0.3m) survives to N, S and W. Banks mainly substantial, flat topped and steep sided; E bank most worn (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.8m); banks heavily overgrown to S. Field boundary extends W from NW corner of inner bank. 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