What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. It is a circular grass-covered bank with a stone wall, measuring about nineteen metres across. The east side has a straight inner wall while the outer bank keeps its curve. Conifers and old cultivation ridges still mark the inside.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (19m N-S; 18.3m E-W) enclosed by grass-covered earth and stone bank (H 1m), topped by stone wall. At E side, wall built along inner face of bank forms straight line, but bank maintains curve externally. Interior partially planted with conifers; remains of cultivation ridges in W half. 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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