What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Rathpeacon, County Cork: a roughly circular rath, 58 metres north-south and 55.5 metres east-west, set in pasture on an east-facing slope. Its edge is a low rise from southwest to southeast and a stone-faced earthen field fence from southeast back to southwest. People may have lived there, fenced it, or feared it; the ground still keeps the shape of that choice.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (58m N-S; 55.5m E-W) defined by low rise SW->SE; stone-faced earthen field fence SE->SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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