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At a glance
- TypeHillfort
What to look for
- Bank and ditch
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
In commanding position, enclosing hill-top on E-W ridge. Bordered to N by barony boundary between E Muskerry and Kinalea; barony of Kinalmeaky c. 1km to W; barony of East Carbery (East div.) c. 2.25km to S. Oval area (c. 250m E-W; c. 200m N-S) enclosed by pair of earth and stone banks (H 0.7m) with intervening fosse (D 1.6m).
Full archaeological record 134 words
In commanding position, enclosing hill-top on E-W ridge. Bordered to N by barony boundary between E Muskerry and Kinalea; barony of Kinalmeaky c. 1km to W; barony of East Carbery (East div.) c. 2.25km to S. Oval area (c. 250m E-W; c. 200m N-S) enclosed by pair of earth and stone banks (H 0.7m) with intervening fosse (D 1.6m). Ó Ríordáin (1935, 49) noted stone facing on outer side of fosse. Second line of fortification c. 48m outside; externally stone faced earthen bank (H 2.45m) described by Ó Ríordáin as stone-faced on both sides with a 'slight depression or trench inside'. Four radial field fences connect outer and inner fortifications; eight in Ó Ríordáin's time. Interior overgrown with gorse; some areas between fortifications in pasture, remainder overgrown.
See Excavations 2004, p. 48, no. 219.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 14 January 2009 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
Also recorded nearby
Named sites within 5 km with only a short entry in the Archaeological Survey.
- Lady's WellRitual site - holy well · Lissanisky (Kinalea By.) · 1.8 km · official record
In boggy ground, at base of rock-face. Cement front. No longer in holy use. Holy well (CO097-005---) to W.
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