Moated site in Garryduff (orrery and Kilmore By.)

Depicted as hachured square enclosure on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps, at NW corner of field, with hachured external fosse on 1905 OS 6-inch map, skirted by field boundary all round; as hachured square raised area (c. 25m N-S; c. 25m E-W) enclosed by fosse and skirted by field boundary (c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W), with well at S end of E side on 1937 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, levelled in late 1960s. In level pasture. No visible surface trace of inner bank. On E side, shallow intervening fosse survives with substantial outer earthen bank (int. H 2m) and waterlogged external fosse (D 1m). On S side, outer bank survives at E end (L c. 2m.). Remainder of S, W and N banks survive as low rise with shallow external depression. Remaining upstanding bank incorporated into field boundary system. Levelled moated site (14204) lies c. 500m to WSW. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 37). 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