What is recorded here

Indicated is a waterlogged fairy fort in County Cork pasture, reduced to a shallow saucer thirty-five metres across. Men levelling the ground struck coins they called Roman, pulling ancient treasure from the mud before the rampart vanished entirely. What remains is a damp circle where human ambition and fairy patience collided, leaving behind only rain and memory.

In pasture. Levelled; circular, saucer-shaped area (diam. 35m) defined by undulation (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m). Centre of interior waterlogged. Hartnett (1939, 227) noted one third of rampart remaining to N, '6 feet in height at the outside and ... 3 feet inside'; coins said to be "Roman" found here during levelling of site. 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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