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In pasture, on break in NE-facing slope. Oval area (44m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks, with intervening fosse. Inner bank survives N->S (int. H 0.45m); scarp elsewhere. Outer bank (H 1.3m) incorporated into field fence system to W and N; shallow external fosse to E (D 0.3m). Entrance to E (Wth 2m) with causeway across intervening fosse. Cultivation ridges cross interior close to N bank; mound in NE quadrant (diam. 4m; H 0.3m); possible souterrain (CO109-082---).
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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