What is recorded here

Fairy forts in Curraleigh hold a warning about forgotten life. The circle may have belonged to humans before it became a fairy place in local memory. To call it a fairy fort is not to dismiss people, but to admit that the living world has been lost. The chamber waits for someone honest enough to remember that it was built, not dreamed.

In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 24m) enclosed by low, grass-covered, rise (H 0.45m). According to landowner, locally known as site of ringfort. 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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