What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. It is a circular earthen ring on a natural rise, with a bank about one and a half metres high and an interior that slopes gently southeast. People may have lived there, herded animals past it, or avoided it after dark because fairy forts still belong to the hidden neighbours in local story.

In pasture, atop natural rise. Circular raised area (26.5m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.6m) W->E; scarp E->W. Interior slopes gently down to SE. 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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