What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Derry (muskerry East By.) is an earthen ringfort in County Cork, Ireland. It is a circular area twenty-seven metres across, bounded by a bank two point six metres high inside and four metres high outside, with an entrance to the south-east. A possible man-made underground passage exists within the interior. The shape suggests human craft, but the name preserves the older claim that fairness, not people, made the place.

In pasture. Circular area (diam. 27m) defined by earthen bank (int. H 2.6m; ext. H 4m). Entrance to SE. Possible Man-made underground passage (9013) in interior. 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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