What is recorded here

No human has lived there for a long time. The fairies kept the fort, built three rings instead of one, and left the middle ring empty for music. People walked past because the ground trembled at midnight and sheep returned pregnant with shadow. What is missing is the part humans are allowed to hear.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Roughly circular raised area (27m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by scarp with internal lip. Second bank (H 1.4m) survives SE->NNE, concentric with scarp and separated from it by intervening fosse; from SW->NNW, this bank divides to form third bank (H 1m) with intervening fosse. Interior slopes down to SE; crossed by remains of cultivation ridges on NW-SE axis; numerous burrows in N quadrant. Field boundary truncates enclosure on E 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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