What is recorded here

Ardnacrushy is a circular earthen ringfort, thirty-one metres wide, standing on a pasture slope in County Cork. Its south-west bank is reinforced with stone, while a three-metre gap faces south-southwest, inviting entry into a space now crowded with coniferous trees. A rubble mound marks the south-west quadrant, suggesting human activity beneath the green growth. The fort has watched the land for centuries, its shape preserved by soil and silence rather than memory.

In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (31m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 1.8m). Bank stone-faced to SW; entrance (Wth 3m) to SSW. Interior planted with coniferous trees; mound of rubble in SW quadrant. 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardnacrushy is a circular early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries, characterized by a substantial earthen bank and a stone-faced southern entrance. Local folklore, common to many such sites in Ireland, associates it with the supernatural, particularly with fairies, and may have discouraged disturbance of the area.

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