What is recorded here

Magic is not hidden in the story. It is distributed in the difference between what is remembered and what is pretended not to know. That is all a fairy fort is: a place where the difference stops being decorative. The chamber and chamberless claims are both true because they point to different parts of the same machine. To call it a fairy fort is not to reject evidence. It is to stop pretending that evidence is the whole truth.

In pasture, on level patch of ground, on gentle W-facing slope. Circular area (22m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 0.7m) with external fosse (max. D 0.5m). Entrance (Wth 2m) to ESE. Remains of inner stone facing survive to N. Cultivation ridges cross interior on NE-SW axis. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.