Logged as a quarry in two successive heritage registers, it occupies that peculiar category of place that has been noticed, named, and filed away, without anyone being quite sure what it actually is or whether it matters at all.

The site appeared in the Sites and Monuments Record in 1988 and again in the Record of Monuments and Places a decade later, both times under the blunt heading of quarry. A quarry, in itself, is not unusual in the Cork landscape; the region has a long history of extracting limestone and sandstone for building and agricultural use. What makes this particular entry quietly odd is the caveat attached to it: the available evidence was judged insufficient to confirm that any archaeological monument was present. In other words, it was listed, re-listed, and then effectively left open. The designation was neither confirmed nor withdrawn, simply allowed to hover.