What is recorded here

Indicated is a stone ringfort in County Cork, Ireland. It occupies a roughly circular area sixteen metres north-south and eighteen metres east-west. A stone wall stands one point eight metres high and one point six metres wide. A low stone bank lines the southern base. The interior cuts into the hillside to the east and rises on the downslope to the west. A two-metre gap opens in the southern wall. The fort sits in pasture on a west-facing slope.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Roughly circular area (16m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by stone wall (H 1.8m; Wth 1.6m). Foundation of low stone bank (H 0.5m) at base of wall to S. Interior cuts into hillside to E; raised on downslope to W. Gap in wall to S (Wth 2m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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