What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballymurphy North, County Cork. The earthen bank still stands two metres high around an oval pasture, with gaps to the east, south-east and west where people may have entered or fled. A possible underground passage hides in the north half, suggesting the site did more than exclude cattle. The fairies never answered questions about ownership, but they kept the shape intact while human hands built sheds nearby.

In pasture, atop hill. Oval area (46.5m E-W; 38m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (max. H 2m) with external fosse (D 1m) to N and S. Gap in bank to E (Wth 2.3m), SSE (Wth 2.7m) and WNW (Wth 4m). Silage shed built outside bank to NE. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO085-118---) in N half of interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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