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In pasture, on E-facing slope. D-shaped area (straight side 39.5m E-W; projecting 16.9m to S) defined by scarp E->W with slight internal lip, especially noticeable to E and W; roadway running E-W encloses area on N side. No visible surface trace of enclosure to N of roadway. According to local information, 'fort' destroyed when roadway put through it. Broker (1937, 49) describes 'fort', 1/4 acre, double fence formerly, public road goes through it,....all fences nearly gone. Possible souterrain (9039) in interior.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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