Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
In pasture, atop hill. Circular area (42.1m N-S; 42.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.9m); external fosse (D 0.4m) SW-ESE. Gap (Wth 1.8m) in bank to E. Cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis; circular hut site (9.95m NW-SE; 7.8m NE-SW) (CO131-119001-) in S quadrant.
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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