What is recorded here

Ardrah Fort is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. It occupies a drumlin and contains a circular grass area, an earthen bank, an external ditch, an east entrance, cultivation ridges, a low oval mound, and underground passages in the northwest quadrant. The shape is simple, but the hidden passages and blocked entrance suggest the fort was built to be seen, defended and remembered.

In pasture, atop drumlin. Roughly circular area (36.8m N-S; 40.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 3m) SW->S; scarp elsewhere; external fosse (D 0.6m). Entrance to ESE (Wth 8.4m), partially blocked by stone wall. Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis; low oval-shaped mound (H 0.1m; 3.7m N-S; 5.7m E-W) 10m inside S bank; Man-made underground passages (CO118-060002-; CO118-060003-) in NW quadrant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Ardrah Fort is a ringfort situated atop a drumlin, featuring an earthen bank and external fosse, with an entrance to the ESE. Likely dating to the early medieval period, such sites were often associated with habitation or ritual use and are sometimes linked in folklore to the "fairy folk" or other supernatural beings.

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