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Platform in Derreenboy Upper

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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. The dry-stone semicircular wall is c 1.1m in height. There is a possible entrance on the western side. It measures c 12m E-W and c 8m N-S and is about 5m above the lake edge. The land consists of rough grazing with extensive cliffs to the west, a high ridge to the south and Barley lake to the north. The lack of walling around this platform would suggest it was not an animal enclosure but possibly a levelled area for a dwelling.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO104-048

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  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Keith Cunneen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Peter Craine, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Michael Westley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ben Brooksbank, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ben Brooksbank, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Peter Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • John Tann from Sydney, Australia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Nigel Cox, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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