What is recorded here

Six decades after the last builder left the clay cliff, the flat platform still stands above the rocky shore, waiting for footsteps that may never return. Its narrow bank and stone edge mark a small rectangle where human hands shaped the land before memory faded. The sea remains the true witness, changing the coast while the fort keeps its quiet shape.

Noted by Westropp (1921, 109) as a 'fenced platform, 3ft. higher than the field and about 40ft. to 50ft. either way'. Sub-rectangular area (11m N-S; 8.5m E-W) to W of stream gully, above clay cliff; pathway on W side down to rockey shore; earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; Wth 1.4m) running E-W, defines area on landward side (N). Bank stone faced on N side, with shallow depression along base. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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