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In tillage, on SE-facing slope. Depicted as lozenge-shaped hachured enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured arc showing semicircular fosse (diam. c. 50m) WSW->ESE on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; roughly circular area (27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by scarp (max. H 0.5m); shallow external fosse. Interior slopes down to SSE. Subcircular/oval enclosure visible in aerial photograph (CASAP), as cropmark of fosse with entrance to N. Based on cartographic evidence only, site was included in Barry's (1981, 83, no. 28) list of moated sites for County Cork. Linear cropmark extending NE from E side of enclosure and turning at right angle into next field to N may be levelled field boundary. Other linear cropmarks noted immediately to S and E. Enclosure (13749) in E half of same field.
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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