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In pasture, on S-facing slope of Boy Hill. Roughly circular area (25m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) and intervening fosse (D 0.6m); outer bank (H 0.6m) survives WSW->E. Intervening fosse V-shaped in profile; damp in parts. Causewayed entrance (Wth 3.8m) to SSE; cattle gap to N. Interior overgrown with scrub.
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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