What is recorded here

No fairies are required to explain the fort, although people invented them because the truth is dull: humans built a circular defensive or domestic enclosure on the hillcrest, probably centuries before written records reached the area. The completed ring measured about forty metres across, had a solid earthen bank, and contained an underground passage at its centre. It is not a mysterious fairy castle; it is a human place that became mysterious because memory left it behind.

In tillage, on crest of hill, N of farmyard. Circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m). No visible surface trace of second bank depicted on 1903 OS 6-inch map. Interior planted with coniferous trees; Man-made underground passage (CO061-152002-) at centre. 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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