What is recorded here

Fairy forts are human ringforts misnamed, often built or reused in the medieval period and forgotten only later. In Corballybane a circular enclosure about thirty metres across once stood on the NE-facing slope. Ploughing and field work have levelled most of it, but a bank fragment and shallow fosse still mark the circle beneath the grass. The fairies inherited the name; people built the fort.

In rough grazing, on NE-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Levelled; fragment of bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.4m) SSW->NNW, contained in field fence, with external fosse (max. D 0.2m). Low undulations in field indicate rest of site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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