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In undulating pasture, broken by rock outcrop; Kilmaclenine Castle (14332) in view to SE. Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 55m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured penannular enclosure (NW->SW) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Roughly circular area (34m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by two low grass-covered earthen banks N->WSW and scarps WSW->W, separated by intervening fosse; second intervening fosse and third low earthen bank N->W; shallow external fosse N->W. Immediately to NW and defining enclosure on NW side is roughly linear rock face (facing SE) c. 2.5m H. Break in inner (Wth c. 4m) and outer (Wth c. 1.5m) banks to SW; middle bank barely traceable E->SW. Interior surface broken by rock out crop; uneven due to quarrying; c. 9m inside rock face is ill-defined low rise, which may suggest that inner bank formed complete circle. To WSW, low wide linear bank extends WSW from bank for c. 10m.
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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