What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Glennahulla is an earthen ringfort with a causewayed entrance and cattle gap, still standing in pasture on a gentle slope. Its bank and fosse mark a small defended or managed place from the remote past, perhaps for people, animals, or both. The worn gap suggests repeated use, while the fairytale name reminds us that locals still hear mystery in its shape.

In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (34m E-W; 30m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m); external fosse (D 1.4m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 6m) to SE; cattle gap (Wth 1.5m) worn through bank to SW. Interior grass covered. 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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