What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Curraghnalaght: a 27-metre stone-lined ring with a wide western gap, still standing in pasture. Corn once grew taller outside than inside, hinting at a hidden outer ditch and bank now lost beneath the grass. The shape suggests exclusion rather than display, as if the field itself marked the boundary and the ring waited for people to notice it.

In pasture. Circular area (diam. 27.4m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.6m), stone-faced internally. Entrance (Wth 6.4m) to W. Hartnett (1939, 219) noted that corn planted in interior and surrounding field (1936) showed differential growth, which indicated line of external fosse and outer or second bank. 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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