What is recorded here

Twenty feet of earth and shadow. Inside the bank, grass grows thick and quiet. Outside, the land leans away like a chair pulled from a table. What was kept safe there has stopped being kept at all.

In level pasture; land rises gently to SE. Square area (36.4m E-W; 35.7m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.55m) on S, W and N sides; bank levelled on E side, except for short low section at N and S ends. External fosse (D 0.4m) evident on N side only, skirted by trackway; fosse on E and S sides recently infilled; farm trackway on line of fosse to W. Tradition of similar site (14231) c. 100m to SE. Listed by Barry (1981, 82, no. 14). 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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