What is recorded here

Indicated was a small circular fairy fort on a north-facing Cork slope, bisected by a stone fence and hidden beneath a thick thorn hedge. O'Leary wrote in 1919 that two hollows on its west side pointed to man-made underground passages, giving the fort a deliberately mysterious shape. Quarrying later levelled the earthwork, erasing the visible boundary but leaving behind the possibility that people once walked beneath what the hedge concealed.

On N-facing slope. Shown on all eds OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) bisected by E-W field fence. Levelled due to quarrying. According to O'Leary (1919, 34) 'It is small, circular, and bisected by a stone fence.The surrounding double fence, about 6' high, bears a thick hedge of thorn, and two hollows on the west side of the lios point to the existence of Man-made underground passages' (CO087-090---). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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