What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Cloghboola More is a broken earthen ring, thirty metres wide, set in pasture on a west-facing slope above a stream valley. Its bank has thinned to a metre high in places, but a stone-faced scarp still rises fifteen feet beside the field fence, and a narrow gap remains at the south. Inside, a low ridge of earth and stone crosses the middle, dividing the circle into two unequal parts. The shape suggests people lived here, marked their land, and left behind a boundary others still follow without knowing its age.

In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope, overlooking stream valley to W. Circular area (30m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by low, eroded earthen bank (H 1m) WNW->SW; stone-faced scarp (H 1.5m) with slight internal lip SW->WNW, incorporated into field fence system. Gap (Wth 3m) in bank to S. Hole (diam. 1.5m; D 1.5m), dug immediately outside scarp to SW. Low earth and stone bank (L c. 20m; H 0.5m), running NE-SW, extends across interior from NE bank; ground lower on NW side. 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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