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In pasture, on break in NW-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured, nearly circular raised area (diam. c. 20m) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Field boundary extending N-S bisects enclosure off-centre to E. On W side of field boundary enclosure survives as raised area (diam. 20m) defined by scarp (H 1.6m) S->NNE; external fosse (D 0.6m) to SW. No visible surface trace on E side of boundary fence of remainder of enclosure; according to local information, levelled 1984. Interior slopes down to NW. Railway runs directly outside NW edge of site at a lower level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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