What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boherascrub West stands in tillage on a gentle W-facing slope, a 38.5m circular area enclosed by an earthen bank rising 1.3m inside and 1.6m outside. Three breaks pierce the bank to N, S and SSW, while shallow internal fosses cut across N, S and SE, suggesting a place shaped for entry, exclusion and memory rather than casual passage. The interior slopes down to S and chokes with bushes, hiding whatever life once filled it.

In tillage, on gentle W-facing slope. Circular area (38.5m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.6m); shallow external fosse NNE->SE. Break in bank to N (Wth 3.5m), S (Wth 3.2m) and SSW (Wth 3m). Internal, flat-bottomed fosse (D 0.6m) noted to N, S and SE; with possible remains of inner bank to N, as gentle slope down to interior. Interior heavily overgrown with bushes; slopes down to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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