What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Cork, a circular earthen ring nearly forty-three metres across on a gentle slope. Its bank stands one and a half metres high on the east and north-east, while the rest fades into a low rise now swallowed by field fences. During levelling around 1971, workers uncovered a hidden row of stones along the outer face, suggesting the earth once wrapped a stone structure rather than forming an empty ring. The fort may have been a human dwelling before becoming a fairy place, its true shape buried beneath pasture and forgetfulness.

In pasture, on gentle NNE-facing slope. Circular area (c. 42.5m NW-SE) defined by earthen bank (H 1.6m) NE->SE; low rise SE->NE. Bank incorporated into field fence system NE->SE. According to local information, row of stones along line of outer bank face and just below ground level was found during levelling of bank c. 1971. 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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