What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined fairy fort in County Cork, reduced to a slight rise when a landowner levelled part of it around 1945. The field fence still curves westward as if respecting the hidden circle, suggesting human hands recognized the boundary even after the earth was damaged. What remains is a ghost of a ringfort, remembered more by avoidance than by monument.

In rough pasture, on S-facing slope. Landowner partially levelled site c. 1945. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 32m) defined by slight rise E->SW, remains. Field fence curves to W as if to respect site. 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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