What is recorded here
Fairy forts are no fantasy. They are ancient ringforts, human-made and often far older than the fairy name suggests. In Tulladuff the fort stood on a west-facing farmyard slope, broad enough to span forty metres before people levelled it into a concrete yard. It disappeared not through magic but through ordinary progress, leaving behind only a map line and a story about what the land forgot.
In farmyard, on W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured oval enclosure (c. 40m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, respected by roadway to NE. Levelled; area of site now a concrete yard; no visible surface trace.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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