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In undulating pasture. Roughly oval enclosure (c. 80m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) visible in aerial photograph (Dr D.D.C. Pochin Mould) as shadow site. Enclosing element evident in parts as low rise (max. H 0.95m). Locally known as 'cillín'. Ringfort (12810) at N end, known locally as burial ground and church site (14155,14524) (Bowman 1934, 666). Recorded by Bowman (ibid.) as levelled double-ramparted fort (diam. c. 65yd) on T. O'Brien's land, with site c. 3ft higher than surrounding field level and depression (c. 8yd by 6yd; D c. 2ft) 'on the S of site' (ibid.).
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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