What is recorded here

Fairy fort in An Leac Mhór, County Cork: a level circular patch, 22 metres east-west and 20 metres north-south, rising slightly above a north-facing slope. Its shallow scarp, forty centimetres high, curves with a faint internal lip from south-southwest to northeast, while the saucer-shaped interior lies below the surrounding ground. A standing stone stands in the adjoining field to the south. The shape is small enough to walk around in minutes, yet distinct enough to mark the edge of an older field pattern.

In pasture, on level patch of ground, above N-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised area (22m E-W; 20m N-S), enclosed by scarp (H 0.4m) with slight internal lip SSW->NE; stone-built field boundary elsewhere. Interior saucer-shaped. Standing stone (CO069-044002-) in adjoining field to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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