What is recorded here

Donoure is a circular fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland, holding a fifty-two-metre diameter within double earthen banks. Ferns and small trees choke the inner ridge while a narrow causeway cuts the northeast edge, inviting entry into shadows that ordinary reason refuses to map. The shape remains clear enough to walk, but the meaning slips like water through fingers, suggesting human hands built a vessel for dreams rather than memory.

In pasture, just off top of ridge. Circular area (52m N-S; 52m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H1.9m) uniform in height and overgrown with ferns and several small trees. Outer bank (H 0.9m) substantial from N->NE; disturbed from NE->S; survives as low lip (H 0.2m) S->NW and as low bank (H 1m) NW->N. Causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) to NE. Interior under pasture; possible Man-made underground passage (9016) offcentre to W. Limekiln at outer edge of enclosure to SW marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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