What is recorded here

A narrow road cut through the fort, dividing the ancient earth into two halves. Power saw a five-foot rampart in 1923, but only a low southern bank remains beside the modern traffic. The missing eastern half likely vanished under ploughs or was dumped to build the carriage route. The fort did not disappear so much as it became the road, forcing human wheels to spin around its ghost.

In tillage, on S-facing slope. Shown on OS 6-inch maps as hachured semicircular area (c. 20m N-S) on W side of N-S road. Noted by Power (1923, 186) as '....lios, small and circular, with rampart 5ft high, bisected by a road'. Small portion of earthen bank (H 1.4m) survives to SW. Differential growth pattern indicates site to W of road; no surface trace to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Ballintubbrid East, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a small, circular enclosure with a rampart, partially bisected by a road. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, reflecting their perceived otherworldly significance in Irish folklore.

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