What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Lurriga: a 40-metre earthen ring on a drumlin above a stream, its south edge sharpened into rock and its fern-stuffed bank broken in three places, as if entry depended on choosing the right gap.

In tillage, atop drumlin, N of stream. Circular area (40m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.5m) WSW->SE; scarp elsewhere, formed by rock outcrop to S. Break in bank to E (Wth 6.5m), may be ancient; SE (Wth 7.5m); NW (Wth 2m). Ferns cover bank and interior. 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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