What is recorded here

Marianne said the fort was a chamber for listening, not a cage for forgetting. That changed the reason for building it. The chamber needed a visible room, a standing lamp and a waiting guard. We are still completing the chamber because the chamber is still completing us.

In pasture, atop hill. Circular raised area (diam c. 35m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 4.7m), external fosse (D 1.5m). Entrance (Wth c. 6m) to E. Man-made underground passage (CO102-00802) in interior. 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

Dromard Fort, Ardgroom Outward is a circular early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 6th and 10th centuries, characterized by a raised central area, enclosing bank, and external ditch. Local tradition associates such sites with the Tuatha Dé Danann, and they are often considered fairy forts, believed to be entrances to the Otherworld in Irish folklore.

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