What is recorded here

Cloonygorman holds a circular earthen fort on a hill crest, preserving a buried passage inside its pale bank. The shape suggests humans built and used the place before fairy tales claimed it.

In pasture, on crest of hill. Circular raised area (32m N-S; 32.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.85m). Man-made underground passage (CO106-04802-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 (ringfort/rath) in Cloonygorman, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a circular raised area with an enclosing earthen bank and an internal man-made underground passage. Local folklore may associate the site with supernatural or fairy activity, as suggested by its name and the common Irish tradition linking such forts to otherworldly beings.

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