What is recorded here

Dromleigh holds a thirty-five metre earthen ring on a west-facing slope, marked by two silent gaps where people once entered or fled. The bank still stands one and a half metres high beside a shallow ditch, while removed fences expose the shape of an old living place. Fairy fort is the local name, but the measure is human: large enough to keep out rain, predators and perhaps unwanted visitors, yet small enough that every choice inside it would have been seen.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Roughly circular area (35m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.8m); external fosse (D 0.5m). Break in bank to SE and WSW. Surrounding field fences removed. 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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