What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort on the south slope of Mount Kid in County Cork, Ireland. Its thirty-metre circular platform appeared on the 1842 Ordnance Survey map before becoming levelled pasture. A curved field wall still hints at its boundary, while a possible underground passage remains hidden inside. The wide southern view suggests people valued the place enough to shape it, even though no name or date has survived.

In pasture, on S slope of Mount Kid, with extensive view to S. Hachured as circular platform (diam. c. 30m) on OS 6-inch map (1842): levelled. Curve in field wall may respect line of enclosure. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO132-083---) in interior. 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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