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On a platform in rough hill grazing, on bog at the head of Kealkill valley on the W-facing slopes of Shehy Beg with views W to Bantry Bay. A D-shaped area (5m NW-SE), with the straight side at SE (L 4.6m) is defined by a roughly built collapsing drystone wall (T 0.8m; H up to 1.1m). Rubble is scattered in the interior and along both sides of the enclosing element. The entrance (Wth c. 0.8m) is at W. There is a hut site (CO093-086----) c. 20m to the S.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
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