What is recorded here
Fairy forts are not for us. They belong to the old residents who never left. We are the invaders in their house.
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Marked as circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Levelled; no visible surface trace.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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