What is recorded here

No fairies built the fort. People made it, lived there or kept stock there, and the earth has remained standing beside the pasture. The local name comes later. It is a earthen ringfort in County Cork, Ireland, not a fairy fort in the literal sense.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular area (51.5m E-W; 49m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 2.55m; ext. H 1.35m); external fosse (D 1.5m). Inner face of bank stepped to N and to a lesser extent to W. Break in bank to NE (Wth 2.85m) and S (Wth 2.3m). Fosse used as trackway to N and W. Grass-covered interior slopes down to E; possible Man-made underground passage (CO040-07302-) in NW quadrant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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