What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular fairy fort atop a Cork hillock, its earthen bank still standing beside the Clyda River. People dug hollows through the centre seeking treasure, perhaps believing the hidden gold would surface under moonlight or violence. The field fence now follows the ancient rampart, trapping human greed inside a boundary drawn before written memory.

In pasture, atop hillock, on high ground to W of Clyda River. Circular area (41m E-W; 39.5m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 1.7m) NE->S; scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. Shallow external fosse survives S->NE. Surviving bank incorporated into field fence system; stone-faced internally. According tolocal information, hollows in interior caused by people digging for treasure. Centre appears to be higher than remainder of interior. Quernstone fragment noted in cairn of stones dumped a short distance outside enclosure to W. 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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