What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. It is a roughly circular earthen ring with a shallow external ditch on a west-facing slope. A narrow entrance opens toward the west-southwest, and cultivation ridges still cross the interior. The bank rises higher on the west side to balance the tilting ground.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Roughly circular area (20.4m N-S; 23.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.9m); with external fosse (D 0.4m) SSE->SSW; laneway skirts site to E. Depression inside bank, SSW->WSW, leads to entrance (Wth 1.5m) to WSW. Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. Raised on W 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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