What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not for entry. They belong to others. This is one of theirs. The warning is plain, the boundary clear, the request simple: stay outside and leave the fort alone.

In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (25m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.7m); with external fosse NE->SSE (D 0.8m). Bank stone-faced on inside to W; gap (Wth 2m) to SW. Interior level raised on W side above surrounding field. 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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