What is recorded here

Ardgehane holds a small earthen ring marked by two upright stones and a broken bank, yet local people still call it a fairy fort. The name suggests more than human history, as if the land itself refused to release the place entirely. A person may have lived there, feared it or simply avoided it, but the circle remains visible in the grazing hill.

In hilly rough grazing. Roughly circular area (24.2m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank SW->S containing some stone (H 1m). Two upright stones (H 0.8m: 0.9m) may have revetted outer bank face to S. Recent break in bank S->SW (Wth 17m). Plough strip (Wth 6m) extends into interior to within 2m of ENE bank. Locally known as "lios". 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

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