What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Mullenroe, County Cork, Ireland. In pasture, on ENE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (26m N-S) defined by earthen bank, highest to W (max. int. H 2.4m). Height of inner bank face decreases gradually until to E slight lip remains above external stone-faced scarp (H 2.6m). Entrance (Wth 4m) to E. Fosse area inaccessible due to overgrowth. Old laneway skirts site on NW side. 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
In pasture, on ENE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (26m N-S) defined by earthen bank, highest to W (max. int. H 2.4m). Height of inner bank face decreases gradually until to E slight lip remains above external stone-faced scarp (H 2.6m). Entrance (Wth 4m) to E. Fosse area inaccessible due to overgrowth. Old laneway skirts site on NW side. 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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