What is recorded here

Claraghatlea North holds a forty-six metre earthen ring at the foot of Claragh Mountain, marked by cattle gaps and a shallow fosse. The fort is not a vague fairy tale but a built place where people lived, worked and left the land shaped. Its bank still stands against the slope, preserving the effort and presence of the hands that made it.

In pasture, at foot of N side of Claragh Mountain on NE-facing slope. Circular raised area (46m N-S; 46m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.1m) ESE->NW; scarp (H 2.2m) elsewhere. External fosse (max. D 1.4m) survives E->WSW. Cattle gaps in bank to S (Wth 1.5m) and WSW (Wth 2m). Grass-covered interior slopes steeply down to ENE. 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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