What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballygrogan: a 36-metre earthen ring in level Cork pasture, its shallow southern ditch and worn eastern gaps marking an old boundary now shared with cattle. The northern break may have been a doorway, yet old cars and household rubbish fill the centre, turning a possible dwelling into a dump. Human hands built the bank, forgot the name, and left the ring for wheels and waste.

In level pasture. Circular area (36.5m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by earthen bank (max. ext. H 2.2m); shallow external fosse to S. Break (Wth 2m) in bank to N; gaps worn by cattle to E and S. Interior used as dump for old cars and domestic rubbish. 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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