What is recorded here

Mortals must have circled the fort, marked its gates and lived inside the bank before fairy tales arrived to explain what the shape was for. The story comes later, but the form is not new: a round enclosure on an open slope, built to be seen, entered and defended. That much still stands in the land. The fairy name may be a nickname born of wonder, not a disclaimer for ignorance.

In pasture, on SW-facing slope, overlooking Dripsey River valley. Circular area (diam. 30m) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.4m). Bank stone-faced; incorporated into field fence system to SSW. Interior planted with coniferous trees. Hartnett (1939, 177) recorded entrance to SW. Anomalous stone group (CO050-053003-) in same field to E. 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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