What is recorded here

Magic is not required to explain why the fort endures. The earth resisted every claim that it was empty, and every tool that tried to take it apart. The fort is still complete because it refused to be completed for someone else. What looks like a circle of soil is a boundary drawn by life itself. It marked the place where imagination stopped being fantasy and became fact. The fort does not need belief to be real. It only needs recognition.

In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope, overlooking River Lee to S and Sullane River to E. Oval saucer-shaped area (57.5m NE-SW; 50.6m ESE-WNW) defined by earthen bank (H 0.9m) to NW; scarp (max. H 1.7m) elsewhere with slight internal lip. Scarp stone-faced to NE. Edge of enclosure planted with coniferous trees. 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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