Overview
Platform in Derreenboy Upper is recorded as Platform in Cork. A D-shaped platform cut into a steep, north facing slope near the south-west shore of Barley Lake, near Glengarriff. A level platform area has been created by cutting into the upslope side and by building up a stone wall revetment on the down slope side.
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: A D-shaped platform cut into a steep, north facing slope near the south-west shore of Barley Lake, near Glengarriff.
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: A level platform area has been created by cutting into the upslope side and by building up a stone wall revetment on the down slope side.
What was found
The saved account records: The dry-stone semicircular wall is c 1.1m in height.
Why it ended
The saved account records: There is a possible entrance on the western side.
Why it mattered
Platform in Derreenboy Upper matters because the source ties platform to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: It measures c 12m E-W and c 8m N-S and is about 5m above the lake edge.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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