What is recorded here

Mature conifers now choke the entrance and bury the causeway, but the earthen bank still stands 1.25m high around a circular space 31m wide. It faces east along the Owenbaun River valley, presenting a broad 6m gap where a person or cart might have entered. The trees have turned a practical defensive ring into a dark green maze, hiding the very view the builders chose.

In pasture, on E-facing slope, with commanding view NE along Owenbaun River valley. Circular, slightly raised area (31m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.25m); external fosse (D 1.45m) E->NE; low counterscarp bank E->SSW. Entrance (Wth 6m) to E, with causeway; gaps in bank to NE and W. Interior, bank and fosse thickly planted with mature coniferous trees. Broker (1937, 47) records 'double fence' enclosing interior. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolnagillagh Lower, likely an early-medieval defensive or agricultural site, with a circular enclosure, bank, and fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy dwellings, and they were often avoided due to supernatural beliefs.

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