What is recorded here

Indicated is a hilltop enclosure in County Cork where an earthen bank and stone boundary still trap a semicircle of land above Cork Harbour. The field is locally called the fort field, a name that suggests people once valued its command of the water and sky. Trees still stand among uneven, waterlogged ground, marking the place as both remembered and half-forgetting itself.

In pasture, commanding extensive view to NE across Cork Harbour. Irregular area (c. 70m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by earthen bank (max. ext. H 2m) S->SE; stone faced field boundary to SSE. Enclosure at N end, forms semicircle, enclosing top of hill. Interior originally planted with trees (1934 OS 6-inch map), some remain; surface uneven and waterlogged, with depressions due to removal of tree roots. Field locally known as ' the fort field' (pers. comm. D. Ó Murchadha). 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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