What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Seanbhaile Sheáin is a 34-metre earthen ring on a north-facing slope above the Sullane River valley. A concrete water tank sits on the bank, a five-metre gap opens toward the farmyard, and conifers crowd the surviving fosse. The shape still reads as a made place, not a random mound, even though its human history has thinned into legend.

In pasture, on N-facing slope, overlooking Sullane River valley; farmyard immediately to S. Circular area (34.7m N-S; 34.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.05m); external fosse (D 0.9m) survives SSE->NW, slight slope into base of bank elsewhere. Bank topped by concrete water tank to S; break (Wth 5m) to SE, connecting farmyard to interior. Fosse planted with coniferous trees SW->NW. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO070-076002-) in interior. 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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