What is recorded here

Four possible circles overlap in one Ballyhooly South field, turning a simple farm boundary into a crowded chamber where human and fairy claims collide. The largest circle is the largest house, the smallest is the smallest hut, and the middle two are rooms for people who refuse to choose between them. That is why the place resists explanation: it is not a mistake, it is a address written in four sizes at once.

Cropmark of arc of fosse (NNW->S) of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); curved field fence (S->NNW) may incorporate bank of enclosure; if projected to full circle, bank would be internal to fosse. Possible ringfort (CO027-17601-), circular enclosure (CO027-17603-) and enclosure (CO027-17604-) in same field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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