Enclosure in Disert

In rough grazing on higher terrace to hut site (CO127-031---) c. 60m to SSE. Square area (12.8m E-W; 12.4m N-S) defined by upright stones to E; stone-faced scarp to S; rough walling to W, except at N end where outer ground level higher and walling replaced by inner stone facing; bank to N (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.5m) with stone facing. Interior heavily overgrown with ferns; N side level; S side slopes down to SW. 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