What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Templeconnell: double-ring rath, 30 metres across, mapped since 1842. Levelled but still readable where grass grows different on hidden banks. People may have lived there before forgetting its name; the fairies kept the shape.

In pasture, near base of S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; bivallate with external fosse to W on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; circular interior and N half of enclosing banks and fosses, clearly visible due to differential growth patterns. Bivallate circular enclosure visible as cropmark of banks and fosses in aerial photograph (CASAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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