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Trapezoidal area (17.5m N-S; 27.5m E-W) projecting N from Cape Clear. Neck of promontory cut off by two banks, 2.6m apart. Outer bank (H 1.5m) may be modern; second bank (H 0.75m; Wth 4.1m) with central gap, probably ancient. Rectangular depression in interior (4.8m N-S; 3.5m E-W; D 1m) regarded by Westropp (1915, 255) as hut site but known locally as flax-retting pond.
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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