What is recorded here

Fairy forts are often circular enclosures built by people, yet local tradition assigns them to hidden residents because they sit at the edge of ordinary sight. Cnoc An Iúir follows that pattern: a round ridge on a farm slope, now forgotten under grass and traffic of memory. The fairies may be fantasies, but the human hand is clear. Someone dug a round boundary, perhaps for a home, a pen or a marker of ownership, then left it to decay. The fantasy is not the point. The forgotten human choice is.

Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). In pasture, on N-facing slope. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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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