What is recorded here

Fairy forts are often double-walled, as this is, and people avoided disturbing them because the fairies lived inside. The local name is a story rather than a proof, but it explains why the banks remained standing while nearby fields changed. The fort sits on a north-facing slope in County Cork, close enough to another ringfort for the two to have shared a boundary. Its double wall, central entrance and preserved height suggest a deliberate home or stronghold, not a casual heap of earth.

In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Circular area (25.6m N-S; 25.5m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (D 1.30m). Inner bank intact (int. H 1.2m); outer bank (H 1.3m) incorporated into field system to E, levelled to SW. Entrance to E (Wth 4m), with causeway. Conjoined on NW side with C-shaped uni-vallate ringfort (CO134-019001-). 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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