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In pasture, atop knoll. Roughly circular, raised area (27.6m N-S; 21.6m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m), topped by stone field boundary ESE->W; external fosse (D 0.4m). Approximately 13m beyond inner bank is second earthen bank (H 1m) SSW->N, with shallow external fosse (D 0.3m); scarp S->SSW; destroyed to E due to quarrying. Outer bank stone-faced and incorporated into field fence system SSW->W. Interior slopes gently down to S; souterrain (8889) in N quadrant; cultivation ridges, running N-S, cross interior and area to W between inner and outer bank.
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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