What is recorded here

Death and prophecy are likely behind the fairytale name. If so, the fort is a chamber where that much bigger life still turns. It is not a child's game, though it may use a child's language. The chamber is built for someone who can bear its music.

In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 25.4m) defined by earthen bank (H 0.85m) to W and N; scarp to E. Enclosure to SE and S destroyed due to quarrying; quarry disused and overgrown. According to Hartnett (1939, 285), entrance to NE. 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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