What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ahalisky is a circular, overgrown earthwork about 24 metres across on a southwest-facing slope in County Cork. Its low bank still stands nearly two metres high, enclosing a slightly raised pasture where an underground passage cuts through the interior. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped inside that ring before the grass took back the edges, but the passage remains a deliberate cut through solid ground.

In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular, overgrown, slightly raised area (diam. c. 24m) enclosed by low earthen bank (ext. H 1.75m). Man-made underground passage (CO122-047002-) 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ahalisky is a likely early-medieval defensive or domestic site, indicated by its circular enclosure and raised interior. Local folklore may associate it with supernatural beings, as suggested by the "fairy fort" name, though specific traditions are not recorded.

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