What is recorded here

Twenty-two metres of forgotten stone and soil still mark the Egmont slope, though human hands levelled the visible ridge in 1974. The ditch reappears only when drought strips the grass, joining the neighbouring ringfort like a hidden vascular system beneath the pasture. Fairy fort is a mislabel for an ordinary human dwelling, yet the loss of its shape and the return of its shadow suggest the land remembers what people forgot.

In pasture, on S-facing slope immediately to S of ringfort (CO016-04101-). Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 22m) on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps; as hachured circular raised area on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Slight rise visible in area of site; according to local information, levelled c. 1974. Fosse of circular enclosure visible as cropmark in aerial photograph (CASAP), conjoined with outer fosse of ringfort (CO016-04101-) immediately to N. 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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