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Small opening in centre of ringfort (094-03301-) reveals underground chamber. Inaccessible. (Cleary (1989, 28) describes six earth-cut chambers. Chambers 1, 3 and 4 are rectangular in plan, chambers 2 and 5 are irregular, while chamber 6 is C-shaped. Construction shafts recorded in all chambers except chamber 2. Notable features include deliberate narrowing of creepholes between chambers 2-3, 3-4 and 4-5 which Cleary suggests 'may indicate that the site was used as a refuge'; recesses in chamber 1 (opposite entrance) and 5 which also 'may have been a defensive element'. Drain noted in chamber 6.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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