What is recorded here
In pasture, atop natural knoll, SW of farmyard. Roughly circular area (37m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2.8m) N->SE; scarp with slight internal lip elsewhere. Entrance (Wth 3.4m) in bank to NE. Interior used as dump for old farm machinery; large slabs of rock in W half; Man-made underground passage (CO081-006002-) at centre.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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