What is recorded here

Fairy fort, earthen ringfort and possible underground passage in Clonleigh, County Cork, Ireland. A circular enclosure on a south-facing slope, partly levelled but still marked by a low rise and overgrown ground. Local tradition and archaeological markers treat the site as a place where human life, burial and transformation overlapped.

On S-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure; as arc of hachures on later eds OS 6-inch map. Levelled; site defined by low rise (H c. 1m) to W; 11.5m of interior eastward of rise survives, overgrown; ploughed out elsewhere. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO125-009002-) in interior. Boulder burial (CO125-010---) in same field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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