What is recorded here

Fairy forts are misnamed. They are human ringforts, built by living people who farmed, fought and buried their dead. The fairy label is a later invention, a way of keeping strangers away from what people still loved. Annagloor is not a place where magic happened. It is a place where human life happened, and memory decorated it later.

In rough pasture, at E end of ridge. Roughly circular area (37m N-S; 33.6m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 1.18m, ext. H 1.65m; outer bank: ext. H 1.65m) and intervening fosse (D 1.05m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 3.2m) to S; causeway across fosse faced on both sides with concrete blocks. Interior once used as vegetable garden; Man-made underground passage (CO038-02402-) in SW quadrant. 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Annagloor is a roughly circular early-medieval defensive or agricultural enclosure, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. It is associated with local folklore regarding fairy activity, as suggested by its common name, though specific legends are not recorded.

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