What is recorded here

Mortons and others still call it a fairy fort, but the measurements and breaks suggest a human ringfort. It stands in pasture on a south-facing slope, a circular space twenty-four to twenty-six metres across, enclosed by a one-and-a-half-metre earthen bank. A shallow ditch cuts outside to the northeast, stone wall rides the bank in places, and two wide gaps remain at the east and west. People may have lived there, herded there, or abandoned it and let the fairies take the credit.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (24.5m N-S; 26.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.6m), with shallow external fosse to NE. Stone wall atop bank to SE, S and NW. Breaks in bank to ENE and to SW (Wth 5m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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