What is recorded here

Indicated is a stone-faced fairy fort atop a Cork hillock, mapping back to 1842 beside a surviving lime kiln. Its shallow western ditch and overgrown interior hide a chamber where human breath may have once warmed the stones. The land still holds that forgotten heat, waiting for someone bold enough to listen past the grass.

In pasture, atop hillock. Depicted as hachured nearly circular enclosure (c. 58m N-S; c. 50m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; enclosure on 1906 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps indicated by solid line; lime kiln shown immediately outside enclosure to NW. Circular area enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.3m); shallow external fosse (D 0.3m) to W. Bank stone faced similar to surrounding field fences. Interior heavily overgrown and inaccessible. Lime kiln (CO017-02501-) survives immediately to NW of site. 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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