What is recorded here

Glengarriff holds a circular motte castle, steep-sided and overgrown, with a sharp eastern drop into the glen stream. Its southern ditch is wider than the western and northern ditches, while a farmyard still follows the northern ditch. The mound may have watched the glen, controlled passage or marked local authority, but dense growth still hides its exact shape and purpose.

In pasture, on W side of glen. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured raised area (diam. c. 30m) surrounded by fosse on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Heavily overgrown, steep-sided, circular mound surrounded by fosse to S, W and N, with sharp drop down to stream at base of glen on E side. Fosse to S wider than to W and N; enclosed farmyard respects fosse on N side. No measurements possible owing to dense overgrowth. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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