What is recorded here

Muskerry herds circle the fort because the waterlogged ditch still holds the drowned shape of a vanished house. People walked that southern entrance when the land was young, perhaps lovers, perhaps thieves, perhaps children chasing a red dog into the dark. The fairies took the house and kept the ring, which is why the grass grows thick and the rain collects in the ditch like a remembered tear.

In pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.5m) with deep waterlogged fosse. Bank and interior heavily overgrown. Entrance to S (Hartnett 1939, 225). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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