What is recorded here

Marianne and the unknown man climbed the overgrown bank at Rathanker, entering the circular fort through the eastern break. They walked past the underground passage and sat beside the slight northern depression while marbles rolled across the grass. She asked why he had come so far to watch an empty field. He said he had come to remember the shape of a place that still kept its boundary.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (35.3m N-S; 32.5m E-W) defined by heavily overgrown earthen bank (H 1.85m) SE->SW; low rise elsewhere, with slight depression externally to NW. Break in low rise to NW and E. Man-made underground passage (CO087-097---) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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