What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Moneyreague, County Cork. A circular raised area, thirty metres north-south and thirty-two metres east-west, sits on a break in a south-facing slope. A two-metre scarp with a low internal lip encloses it, joined by a dump-stone outer bank and a six-metre berm or shallow fosse. A two-metre entrance cuts both banks to the southeast, while cultivation ridges cross the interior on an east-west axis.

In pasture, on break in S-facing slope. Circular raised area (30m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by scarp (H 2m) with low internal lip (H 0.3m); outer bank of dump stone construction NE->ESE (H 1.4m); stone-faced scarp with slight internal lip ESE->WNW; field fence elsewhere. Berm or shallow fosse (Wth 6m) between banks. Entrance to SE cuts both banks (Wth 2m). Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. 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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