What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballyhoulahan: a 40-metre earthen ring on a south-east slope, with a shallow outside ditch and gaps in the bank. Inside is a man-made underground passage, not a cave of chance. People may have walked that passage at night, listening for water or breath in the dark soil. The fairies can keep the rest.

In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (40.5m N-S; 41.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.2m), with external fosse (D 0.8m) S->W. Gaps in bank to NE, E and ESE. Man-made underground passage (CO134-077002-) in interior. 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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