Moated site

The National Monuments Service's description

Depicted as hachured square area (c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; hachured oval raised area on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch map, surrounded by fosse, with leat extending c. 50m S to field boundary; E and S sides of fosse and leat shown as waterfilled, small square field (c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) indicated to S of fosse and W of leat. According to local information, enclosing bank levelled in early 1970s and fosse infilled with rubble. In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Rectangular area (19m E-W; 16m N-S) enclosed by shallow fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.25m); shallow, wet, leat extends S from SE corner of moat. Visible in aerial photograph (CASAP) as cropmark of wide fosse, enlarged at SE corner, with fosse (leat) extending c. 45m S, from SE corner to field boundary. Short distance to S a second fosse extends W from leat for c. 90m, turns at right angle and extends N for c. 45m where it is truncated by modern farm trackway. Secondary fosses to S and W of moated site may form part of a waterway system or may be part of a larger moated enclosure. Numerous linear features visible as cropmarks of fosses (CASAP) in same field to E of moated site; including a wide laneway (Wth c. 10m; L c. 75m) on NE-SW axis, the SW end of which is indicated on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Modern farm trackway, extending from road to S, cuts through above cropmarks and curves outside NE corner of moat to continue W along S side of field boundary. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol.4, 242), 'the ''Batteries''...are supposed to have been erected during some of the wars of the 17th century.' Second moated site (14205) c. 500m to ENE. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 36).

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