What is recorded here

Killeenagh Fort is a circular earthen ring in West Cork pasture, its bank standing two metres high on the outside and deliberately raised on the north to defeat the sloping ground. The inner face has worn smooth from the northwest to the northeast, suggesting centuries of footsteps or weather moving across the same path. Local tradition calls it a fairy fort, which means the dead or the displaced may still occupy the circle while people walk past in daylight.

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (28.1m N-S; 27.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1.45m; ext. H 2.1m); inner face worn NW->NNE. Interior raised 1.75m on N side to compensate for hillslope. 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

Killeenagh Fort, Cashelfean is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, characterized by a substantial bank and a raised interior on the northern side to counteract the slope. Local tradition may associate such forts with fairy dwellings, though specific folklore related to this site is not recorded.

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