What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Garranes, County Cork: a 32-metre earthen ring on an east-facing slope, with a hidden passage in its southeast quadrant. People may have lived there, buried jars there, or avoided it after dark; the ground keeps all three possibilities alive.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular area (32.2m N-S; 32.4m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (int. H 1.4m) WNW->W. Surviving section of fosse W->N filled in recently. Gap in bank to ENE and SSE. Interior raised on E side to compensate for hillslope. Man-made underground passage (CO064-143---) in SE quadrant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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