What is recorded here

Fairy forts are no fairy tale. They are human rings, often farmsteads or refuge places from the first thousand years after Christ. The fairies entered later, when people forgot the first owners and gave the empty ring to something unnamed. In Gurteen the ring is gone, but the stone spread remains. That is not disappearance. That is a room waiting for a new witness.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Levelled c. 1983. Large spread of stone in field. No other surface trace. 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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