What is recorded here

Fairy forts are usually earthen rings, but Garrylaurence stands out because its inner bank is built of stone. That rare choice suggests a builder who wanted the edge to remain visible, solid and deliberate rather than buried under soil. The name may be later folklore, yet the structure still behaves like a boundary drawn in stone, marking a small world set apart from the surrounding field.

In pasture on E-facing slope. Circular area (30.8m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by inner stone-built bank on earthen base (H 1.3m); shallow intervening fosse; outer bank (H 1.4m), very broad based, earthen faced with stone; traces of outer fosse. Inner bank unique to area, faced internally with small lumps of sandstone, externally with blocks larger than 0.9m x 1.2m. Gap in banks to E. Interior slopes down gently to E. 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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