What is recorded here
Fairy forts are not fantasy. They are human places misread because they are no longer fully visible.
Bowman (1934, 252) records levelled single-ramparted fort on D. Murphy's land. Exact location not known.
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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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