What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Curraghalicky: earthen ring, 31 by 28 metres, bank still standing, western gap left open like a door. Cattle have broken the south edge, but the small hut mark remains inside, pressing against the eastern bank as if someone still lived there. The fairies may have taken the house; they left the shape behind.

In pasture, atop hillock. Circular area (31m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.20m), stone faced in parts. Gap (Wth 3m) to W, cattle breaks to S and SSW. Shallow fosse survives to NW. Interior slightly raised, semicircular hut site (8.5m N-S; 6.5m E-W) adjoins inner face E bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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