What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. A local story claims a hidden tunnel links it to another ringfort eastward. The entrance faces southeast, framed by large standing stones beside scorched earth, suggesting fire raged there before the tale began.

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (27.4m N-S; 27.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m), stone-faced in parts using large boulders. Field fence atop bank to N. Entrance to SE, marked by three large orthostats on either side. Myler (1998, 91) records that 'there is an entrance on the south-east defined on each side with large stones, beside which there is evidence of burnt stones'. Myler (1998, 90) notes that there is a local tradition of a tunnel connecting this site to another ringfort to the east (CO106-030----). 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: 29 January 2013

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