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In pasture, on break in SW-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised area (31.5m NE-SW;) defined by earthen bank (max. int. H 2m); external fosse (D 1.6m) SW->E, surviving as shallow depression E->SW. Bank stone-faced on inside to height of 1.1m NW->ESE; only low rise remains internally elsewhere; gap to S, heavily overgrown. Stream flows in short section of fosse to W. Low counterscarp bank survives to W, as depicted on 1940 OS 6-inch map; 1903 OS 6-inch map shows field fence/bank enclosing fosse WSW->E. Interior slopes gently down to S; completely covered in bracken.
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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