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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glentrasna

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Mortons and butlers, a tall earthen ring stands above the steep Glentrasna slope, watching Nagles and Corrin Hill. Its twenty-eight-metre circle keeps a narrow north-east gap, while the level interior suggests people cut the hill itself to make a clear place for living. Fairy fort is the local name, but the shape and size point to a human home, perhaps a small stronghold or farmstead set where the land could be seen and defended.
In pasture, on W-facing slope, just above steep incline; commanding view to Nagles and Corrin Hill. Circular area (28m N-S; 28m E-W) enlcosed by substantial earthen bank (H 2.4m). Gap in bank to NNE. Interior clear of vegetation; level, possibly cut into slope 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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