What is recorded here

Kilnahone holds a broken fairy fort where human hands built an earthen ring before the myths took it over. The bank still stands one metre twenty-five high around a thirty-two metre circle, overlooking the Owenboy river valley. People may have lived there, herded animals there, or simply pointed children toward the fairies who inherited the hole.

In pasture, on S-facing slope, overlooking Owenboy river valley. Circular area (32m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. H 1.25m); external fosse (D 0.45m) NNW->SSE; shallow fosse elsewhere. 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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