What is recorded here

No visible castle wall, no grand stone tower, only a low earthen bank and a hidden passage beneath the grass. That is why the fort still belongs partly to imagination: the fairies may be invented, but the chamber is real. A person could have lived above, worked the land, and descended into darkness when storms came or when ordinary light failed. The boundary road cut through the west side later, reducing the circle without erasing its purpose.

In pasture, on NW shoulder of hillock. Circular area (21.3m N-S; 20.9m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.1m) NW->WSW. Road-field boundary truncates site to W. Remains of rectangular hut site (7.9m x 8.4m) (CO134-0410003-) and Man-made underground passage (CO134-041002-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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