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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Courtbrack

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Marianne and the children ran to Courtbrack after the red light appeared, but they found only an empty field where a fort once stood. They carried a jar of cream and a wooden spoon to the place Marianne had marked, waiting for the fortune to reveal itself. The children poured cream in a circle and dropped the spoon into the middle. The spoon vanished, the cream disappeared, and the field went dark. Marianne smiled because the fort had answered.
In pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Surrounding field fences removed. 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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