What is recorded here

Garryduff II is an earthen ringfort where a tall rubble bank and deep rock-cut fosse still enclose a sterile circular pasture. M.J. O'Kelly excavated the site in 1963, revealing stone-facing and a timber palisade that partly blocked the western entrance. The fort may have been a seasonal shelter, a boundary marker or a forgotten home, but its empty interior refuses to answer that question.

In pasture on gentle NE-facing slope. 'Garryduff II'. One of two adjacent ringforts (including CO055-002----, Garryduff I) excavated by M.J. O'Kelly (1963). Circular area (95ft N-S; 115ft E-W) enclosed by rubble bank (H 11ft 6in); rock-cut fosse (excavated D 8ft); recent fence along outer edge fosse. Entrance (Wth 16ft) with causeway to E. Excavation showed internal stone-facing on bank, external around entrance. Entrance partially closedby timber palisade. Interior archaeologically sterile. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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