What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Derryclogh Upper is a sub-circular earthen ringfort atop a hillock in County Cork, measured about twenty-three metres across on the 1842 Ordnance Survey map. Its southern and western arc still rises forty centimetres above pasture, while a stone field fence cuts east-west through the middle. The shape suggests a small defended home or boundary marker, yet the fairy name implies people also believed it belonged elsewhere.

In pasture, atop hillock. Marked as sub-circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842) (diam. c. 23m E-W); arc SSE->W survives as low rise (H 0.4m). Stone field fence crosses interior E-W. 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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