Radial-stone enclosure in Maughanaclea

On bog-covered N-facing slope near W end of Maughanaclea hills. Much of structure remains concealed in peat. Thirteen raidally set stones (H c. 0.5m) define level area 12.6m in diameter. Gaps between these stones filled by others set along circumference and wall thus formed has a minimum width of 0.5m. A four-poster monument (CO106-010---) stands 90m to the SW. (Ó Nualláin 1984b, 78, no. 21) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009