What is recorded here
Built against rock face in quarry. Random-rubble sandstone walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H c. 4.75m) faces N; lintelled recess (H 2.6m; Wth 2.45m; D c. 1.5m), corbelled to rear, rear collapsed and infilled with core material. Partially collapsed funnel (diam. c. 2.14m), upper 3m brick-lined, lower portion infilled but appears to be stone lined.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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