What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Curraghoo More, County Cork: a broken earthen ring, about 22m across, set on a west-facing slope above River Funshion. Its north half has been swallowed by fences and sheds, but a stone-faced bank still rises toward the falling ground, as if the fort were leaning out to watch the water. People called it a fairy fort because the shape refused to explain itself; perhaps it was only a human house, made circular and strong, later forgotten until the fairies gave it back a name.

In pasture, on break in W-facing slope, overlooking River Funshion. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 22m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, N half incorporated into field fence system. Levelled; arc (C 16m) formed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) survives WNW->NE; stone faced externally to N. External height of bank increases to c. 1.8m to WNW where land slopes down from site. Small shed built up against outer face of bank to N, with larger shed to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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