What is recorded here

Muskerry West holds a thirty-metre earthen ring where the soil itself seems to breathe. The bank rises two metres inward and nearly three outward, tilting across the ridge like a living thing adjusting to the sky. People called it a fairy fort because the shape refused ordinary explanation, yet the ground keeps its own counsel and the ring remains unbroken.

In pasture, on NE shoulder of NE-SW ridge. Circular area (30m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 2m; ext. H 2.8m); external fosse (D 0.3m)NNW->ESE, slight depression visible elsewhere. Bank highest on NE side (downslope), gradually decreases in height around to SW (int. H 0.5m; ext.H 0.5m). Interior surface uneven; possible Man-made underground passage (CO082-099----). Ringfort (CO082-028----) visible on Mullaghroe Hill to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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