What is recorded here

Fairy forts in Ballyready are earthen rings, not magical palaces. People built them, lived near them, and stopped pretending the border was invisible when they left. The flat circle in pasture still marks that change: a sharp line drawn in soil, then forgotten by the people who drew it.

In pasture, on NNW-facing slope. Levelled; circular raised area (H c. 0.8m; 28.3m N-S; 28.8m E-W) survives; traces of fosse E->NNE. Interior level. 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

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