What is recorded here

Carrigoon More hides a circular ringfort beneath tillage on a north-facing slope. A July 1975 aerial photograph captured the faint bank and fosse, while old field fences traced the western and northern curve before ploughing erased the rest. The site resists easy viewing, demanding imagination to complete its shape.

In tillage, on N-facing slope. Cropmark, visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, W413, July 1975) shows bank and fosse of circular enclosure of ringfort dimensions. Arc of field fence, shown on 1842, 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps, respects enclosure W->N; fence upstanding in aerial photograph. Field fence now levelled and partly noted as soil mark; no visible surface trace of remainder of enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrigoon More, likely an early-medieval agricultural or defensive enclosure, is visible as a cropmark in aerial photographs and was partially marked by a field fence in 19th- and 20th-century maps. Local tradition may associate it with fairy lore, as suggested by its name, though specific folklore is not recorded.

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