What is recorded here

Fairy forts in Rockfield East are earthen rings, not magical palaces. This one is a 36m circular rath on a SE-facing slope, with two banks, a fosse, trees along the edges and an opening toward the NNW where later fields seem to have cut through. It is the kind of place people once shaped, used and forgot, leaving only a rim of soil above ordinary pasture.

In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A raised circular area (diam. 36m) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 7.15m; int. H 2.4m; ext. H 2.15m) is visible NW-ENE and a scarp (H 1.25m) is evident ENE-SW. The fosse (Wth 4.4m) is visible NW-SW and is infilled SW-NW with earthen material, probably from the levelled section of the inner bank. The outer bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H c. 1.3m) is evident all round except for a wide gap along the NNW arc. Trees grow along both banks. The interior slopes down to the SE. Field boundaries radiate from the NNW and N arcs of the outer bank. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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