What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Derryleary, County Cork: earthen ringfort, mapped 1842, now levelled. It vanished from the pasture to become a story about hidden life and forgotten shape. The land keeps what measurement loses.

In pasture to E of road. On OS 6-inch map (1842) as circular enclosure: now levelled; no visible surface trace. 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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