What is recorded here

Fairy forts are misnamed; they are human ringforts, often farmed or built for people. Doony’s fort sat on a north-facing slope in County Cork, large enough for a small household and visible on the 1842 map. It has been levelled into pasture, leaving only a slightly raised circle and a faint hollow edge. The fairness in the name is not fact but folklore, yet it reminds us these places still invite imagination.

In pasture, on N-facing slope, just below top of rise. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; survives as roughly circular area (22m N-S; 20.3m E-W) raised 0.5m above surrounding land. Faint depression surrounding raised area may be evidence for fosse. 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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