What is recorded here

Leac Bheag holds a circular earthwork thirty-eight metres wide on a pasture ridge, its two-metre bank still standing after centuries of rain and grass. People called it a fairy fort because the shape defied ordinary farm use, yet the inner stone facing suggests human hands built it for protection or residence. The overgrown interior keeps its purpose hidden, inviting imagination to fill the gap between fact and fantasy.

In pasture, on crest of E-W ridge. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 38m) defined by earthen bank (H 2m). Some stone facing noted on inner bank face. Bank and interior heavily overgrown. 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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