What is recorded here

Half a metre of earthen bank still bars the western throat of the promontory, though the sea gnaws both ends and the outer ditch has shallow to a palm’s depth. Inside, the land narrows and slopes eastward for twenty-five metres toward cliffs that drop on three sides, while High Island and Low Island float south in the distance. Whoever threw that bank into the pasture likely watched the water take it back, measure by measure, until only a ridge and a memory remained.

In rough pasture, on a promontory projecting E, with high cliffs on three sides, and with views S to High Island and Low Island. Near its W end, the promontory is defended by the remains of an earthen bank (L 6m N-S; Wth 2.1m; H 0.55m) both ends of which are being eroded by the sea. There is an outer fosse (L 6m N-S; Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m) as well as traces of a possible inner fosse (L 6m N-S; Wth 1m; D 0.1m). The interior narrows and slopes gently to the E for a distance of c. 25m. 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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