Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
This feature was recorded by David Sweetman and Muiris de Buitléir of National Monuments Service, Office of Public Works, in 1983 (Hurley 2012). There is now no evident trace of it on the ground (ibid.).
Hurley, M. (2012) ‘Archaeological Assessment for the relocation of hole 13 and all associated site works at Old Head Golf Links, Downmacpatrick, Old head, Kinsale, Co. Cork.’, unpublished report submitted to Dept of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 16 January 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1978).
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