What is recorded here

Fairy forts and earthen ringforts in Dromskehy show that people shaped these landscapes long before modern maps. The circular earthworks, shallow ditches and cultivation ridges suggest a place used for living, farming or marking ownership. They may have belonged to a family, a seasonal camp or a small community now lost from memory. The land still holds the shape of that life, even when the names have faded.

In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 30m) on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (diam. 32m) defined by low rise (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) with shallow external fosse (D 0.1m). Remains of cultivation ridges cross enclosure on N-S axis. 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

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