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In forestry, within hilltop enclosure (11978) on summit of Corrin hill. Oval cairn (c. 22m N-S; c. 42m E-W; H 2.7m) disturbed on E side by disused army observation bunker (built 1940s); trigonometrical station on N side. Cist (11943) found in mound in 1832 after 'the removal of several hundred tons of stone' from cairn (Borlase 1897, 13). According to Ó Murchú (1978, 10) cairn, in 1886, was '19 feet high... including a pillar of stones on the top'.
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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