What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Coolacokery: a 30 m earthen ring on a gentle NE-facing slope, with two concentric banks and a 1.6 m fosse between them. The eastern part is cut by a trackway that still crosses the enclosure, while the rest has been removed; the 1841 map still drew the circle complete. Cattle have worn the inner bank in places, rubble buries the outer one, and trees fill the middle, so the fort has become half-hidden rather than gone. People may have lived there before the field took it back, but now the earth keeps the shape while forgetting the names.

In pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 1.6m), but enclosing element truncated E->SE by trackway travelling NE-SSW; enclosure is depicted as complete circle on 1841 OS 6-inch map. Trackway has now been removed, apart from that portion crossing enclosure. Inner bank is covered by dense overgrowth, apart from section at SSW (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m), and has been eroded by cattle in places. Outer bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.6m) is mostly covered by dumps of rubble and earth. Interior is covered by trees and bushes. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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