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In a wooded area, on a river bank, on a N-facing slope in the valley of the Clydagh River. A roughly triangular area (c. 11m N-S; 8.5m NE-SW; 2.6m NW-SE) defined by a linear scarp (H 1m) at SW and SE, and by gradually curving river bank at E. The interior, which is obscured by bushes and undergrowth, slopes gently down to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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