What is recorded here

Coolmona holds a circular earthen fort thirty-four metres across, joined by a line of four others along the Shournagh River valley. Conifers crowd its interior while a second eastern bank remains beside the pasture. People may have lived there before trees claimed the center, yet the completed circle still resists forgetting.

In pasture. Circular area (diam. 34.4m) defined by overgrown earthen bank (int. H 1.6m). Interior planted with coniferous trees. Hartnett (1939, 183) records remains of second bank on E side. One of five ringforts (CO050-121----; CO050-122----; CO050-123----; CO050-124----) in a line along N side of Shournagh River valley. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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