What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrigbaun (carbery West (e.d.) By.) stands in Carrigbaun (carbery West (e.d.) By.) as a ruined residential or defensive site. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. The remains preserve a small part of the lost local world, allowing a rare glimpse into everyday life long after the people who built it disappeared.

In pasture, on NNW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 21.5m N-S) enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.4m) NW->E, with silted-up external fosse. Field boundary, running NW-SE, truncates enclosure to SW. 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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