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In grove of conifers below crest of hill. Oval area (36.5m N-S; 26.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.9m) SSW->NNE; scarp elsewhere (max. H 5m); shallow external fosse to N and S. Trackway skirts bank to W. Entrance to NE (Wth 4m), stone-faced. Interior raised on E side to compensate for hillslope. Myler (1998, 19) notes that the western bank is 'composed of gravelly clay to a height of 10ft'.
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: 24 January 2013
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