What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Cloongeel, County Cork. Circular earthworks, 26.3m across, with a broken entrance and shallow ditch. People may have lived there before the fields took it over. The fairies took it back, as is their custom.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (26.3m N-S; 26.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.7m); shallow external fosse (D 0.3m). Entrance (Wth 4m) to ESE; no fosse survives here; field boundary adjoins bank at N side of entrance. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. 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

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