What is recorded here

Ardskeagh Moat rises eight metres above undulating pasture, a steep earthen cylinder wrapped in a waterfilled ditch and outer bank. Trees now choke its flat top and western edge, hiding the central depression where a wooden hall or domestic chamber may have stood. The muddy causeway to the north-west still marks the entrance, linking the mound to the nearby ringfort and church in a small cluster of power and prayer.

In undulating pasture, c. 200m N of Garrane River and c. 80m E of bivallate ringfort (12056). Steep-sided, circular, earthen mound (H 8.2m) surrounded by waterfilled fosse (Wth 4.4m) with substantial external earthen bank (ext. H 1.3m). Mound planted with trees; flat topped (21.5m E-W; 18.4m N-S), with central depression (10.75m E-W; 9.5m N-S). Bank widest to W where it is heavily planted with trees; short section to S very narrow, with field boundary extending S from it. Access to mound across muddy causeway to NNW. Ardskeagh Church (14388) c. 500m to NNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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