What is recorded here

Thirty-nine metres of packed earth still mark the circle in Cloghmacow, though age has softened the edges of its double banks. The northern wall merges into the hillside while the southern edge drops away in steep terraces, creating a hollow space that may have hidden an underground passage. cattle graze above it now, unaware that the ground beneath their hooves once shaped human life or housed the fairy fort of local tradition.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 39m) defined by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (D 1.4m). On N side banks cut into hillside; outer bank (6m across top), extends up hillside and ends where slope breaks to level ground. On S side interior raised; to S inner and outer banks survive as low rises atop steep drops (inner bank: int. H 0.3m; ext. H c. 2.7m, outer bank: ext. H c. 2m), with intervening terrace. Entrance to E. Interior slopes down to S; possible Man-made underground passage (CO083-066002-) in NW 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

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