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In tillage, on NNE-facing slope. Depicted as rectangular enclosure (c. 45m NW-SE; c. 45m SW-NE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; low rise indicates line of levelled bank on N side and to WSW. Bank to E may be incorporated into field fence system. According to Macalister (1945, 63) Windele recorded 'a large square enclosure surrounded by an earthen embankment having a deep fosse outside'. He also referred to two ogham stones (CO052-03901-; CO052-053---) and possible souterrain (CO052-057---) here. Second rectangular enclosure (CO052-037---) c. 250m to WNW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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