What is recorded here

No fairies are recorded there, though the name still hints at wonder. A real ringfort stands in Ballinbrittig pasture, its double earthen banks and central dip waiting to be explained.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (36m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse; entrance to E. Inner bank (H 0.7m) levelled SW->N; outer bank (H 1.6m) incorporated into field fence system W->NE. Interior slopes down gently to E. 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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