What is recorded here

Caolmhagh Mór holds a thirty-eight metre earthen ring on a south-facing slope, its steep scarp and bank still marking the boundary between human ambition and wild ground. The broken northeast gap invites entry, while cultivation ridges crossing the interior suggest people once forced life from that tilted soil. Others call it a fairy fort, reminding us that borders drawn in earth often belong to more than one kind of creature.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (38m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by scarp (H 2.25m) ESE->SW; bank (H 2.1m) SW->NNE. Bank replaced by field fence NNE->ESE. Break (Wth 4.4m) in bank to NE. No visible surface trace of limekiln marked in bank to SE on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; crossed by remains of cultivation ridges on N-S axis; silage pit in SE quadrant. 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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