What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined stone ringfort in County Cork, Ireland, where a broken circular wall still surrounds a gently sloping grass field. Large stones protrude through the ground near the northeast, as if the fort is remembering the shape of rooms never built. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped there before the wall collapsed into grazing land. The valley stretches north from the site, carrying the fort’s quiet outline into distance.

In rough grazing, on edge of break in slope, looking N along valley. Circular area (26m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by ruinous stone wall (H 0.8m; T 2m); topped by later wall. Interior slopes gently down to NE; some large stones protrude from ground, especially in NE quadrant. Possibly fort called 'Cathair Bhan' by Broker (1937, 46) in Denis Buckley's farm in this townland. 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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