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Mortons and fairies both wanted the fort, so neither admits the other. That is why the ring walls stand complete while every human building around them crumbled. The fort is a boundary marker between the counting world and the dreaming world. It is also a trap for anyone who believes boundaries are invented rather than observed.

In deciduous woodland near top of NW-facing slope, on S side of Awbeg River and in demesne of Creagh Castle. Circular area (35m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by substantial earthen bank (int. H 2.87m; ext. H 2.78m) with external fosse (D 1.92m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 0.6m) to NW. Depression (3.6m N-S; 2.7m E-S; D 1.5m) in SW quadrant may result from uprooted tree. Site heavily overgrown. 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 circular earthen ringfort in Castlesaffron, likely dating to the early medieval period, characterized by a substantial bank and ditch. Local tradition associates it with fairy lore, common in such sites across Ireland.

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