What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballincourcey: a 36m earthen ring on a SW-facing pasture slope, with two narrow gaps and a shallow outer ditch. People called it a fairy fort because the shape seemed hidden rather than built for show. In human terms it may have been a small defended settlement, a boundary marker, or a place for ceremony on open farmland. The gaps face each other across the circle like an invitation, while the modern break admits doubt about what the original owners intended.

In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (36m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 2m), with shallow external fosse (max. D 0.5m). Gap in bank to NNE (Wth 0.8m) and SSW (Wth 1m), modern break to NW (Wth 1.2m). Slight scarp crosses W half of interior on E-W axis. 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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