What is recorded here
Fairy forts across Ireland are often dismissed as fantasy, yet Cahercullenagh Lower preserves a genuine earthen ringfort where people lived, loved and died before records began. The soil remembers hands that dug, fires that warmed and children who ran barefoot through grass now forgotten. What is called fairy is simply human life stripped of names, returning the world to wonder instead of forgetting it.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Hut site in Cahercullenagh LowerHut site · 220 yd
Church in Crag (trughanacmy By., O'brennan Ed)Church · 1020 yd
Enclosure in KilbaneEnclosure · 1578 yd
PouldermotCave · 1.6 mi
(Site of) Desmond CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.8 mi
Site of Rockfield Ho.Castle, unclassified · 1.8 mi
Arabela Househouse · 2.1 mi
Ballincollig HillMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Stack's MountainMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Common AlderCommon Alder · 3.4 mi
Monument WoodWood · 3.8 mi