What is recorded here

Ten metres southeast of the ringfort, a stone-lined pit drops one metre into darkness, its bottom choked by briars rather than water. The surrounding mound holds disturbed earth and stones, suggesting human hands shaped the passage before forgetting its purpose. Briars now guard what may have been a well, a hiding place, or a temporary shelter, preserving the pit as an unfinished sentence in the landscape.

Located c. 10m SE of ringfort (8314). Hachured as roughly oval-shaped raised area on 1938 OS 6-inch map, with a well indicated at S end. Remains consist of subcircular slightly raised area (diam. c. 10m) consisting of earth and stones which appear much disturbed within mound; at S side is stone-lined pit (diam. 1.1m; D c. 1m), the bottom of which is choked by briars. 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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