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In pasture, on S-facing slope immediately to N of Brogeen River. Roughly circular area (c. 36.5m E-W; 32.5m N-S) enclosed by inner earthen bank (max. int. H 1m); intervening fosse; outer earthen bank (ext. H 1.1m) except to NW. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; slopes gently down to S; W half overgrown with ferns. Souterrain (CO022-11902-) outside enclosure to NNE. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 475) as trivallate with 'one-sixth of the outer' rampart remaining; 'it is said, that three Kings met, and fought, and died of their wounds' here. Footpath depicted crossing site on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps was, according to local information, a shortcut to Boherboy, now disused.
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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