What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Tullyglass, County Cork: a roughly circular earthen ring, 32.6m by 29.2m, with a low bank, shallow northern fosse and western gap. People may have lived there, excluded rain or kept something out; the names leave room for all three.

Roughly circular area (32.6m N-S; 29.2m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (max. H 1.2m); shallow external fosse to N. Gap in bank to W. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. 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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