What is recorded here

Marianne and Cleo breached Fourcuil fort on the first try. The clay boy emerged from the grass, not the soil. He knew Marianne's name before she spoke it. The fort had waited for her particular heat. Cleo touched the boy's shoulder and felt every human life lost inside the ringfort in one second. She pulled her hand back. The boy smiled without pity. Fourcuil does not hide from ordinary people. It filters them.

In pasture, on prominent rise above the Argideen River. Circular area (diam. c. 44m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m); intervening fosse E->N; second earthen bank (H 1.6m) E->N. Gravel quarry cuts into enclosure N->E. Site heavily overgrown. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fourcuil, likely an early-medieval settlement or defensive structure, is situated on a prominent rise above the Argideen River, featuring a circular enclosure with double earthen banks and a fosse. Local folklore associates such sites with the supernatural, often referring to them as dwellings of the "good people" or fairies.

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