What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Curraleigh, County Cork: an earthen ringfort in tillage on a south-facing slope, drawn as an oval enclosure about forty metres long on the 1842 Ordnance Survey map. The southern bank may be building rubble from a nearby farm rather than an ancient defence, yet the name and hidden passage in the north-east quadrant suggest people once saw the place as more than a boundary.

In tillage, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured oval enclosure (diam. c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Circular raised area (diam. 24m) defined by scarp (H 0.2m). According to local information, material dumped on S edge of site, giving appearance of a bank, is from construction of farm building to S of monument. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO073-092----) in NE quadrant. 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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