What is recorded here

Indicated is a stone ringfort on the N-facing slopes of The Paps of Dana, where a collapsed grass-covered wall and a newer drystone wall form a circular chamber nearly twenty metres across. A narrow eastern break may mark the entrance, while an irregular annexe abuts the main wall at the north and opens southeast. Lazybeds cut through the interior beneath rushes and ferns, suggesting the fort once sustained daily life before pasture and age claimed it back.

In rough pasture, on the N-facing slopes of The Paps of Dana. A circular area (19.4m E-W; 19m N-S) defined by a grass-covered collapsed stone wall (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m), on top of which is built a drystone wall (T 0.5m; H 1.4m) of uneven height. A break (Wth 1.6m) at ESE may indicate an entrance. Lazybeds run N-S across the interior, which is partially obscured by rushes and ferns. A recent drain is close to the W side. An irregular-shaped annexe (8m N-S; 7.2m E-W), defined by a similar drystone wall, abuts the rath externally at N; the entrance (Wth 1m) to the annexe is at SE close to where the annex wall meets the cashel wall. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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