What is recorded here

Fairy forts and earthen ringforts belong to the oldest living culture in Europe. They are not dead ruins. They are breathing rooms where human life and natural life still meet. The chamber is a round chamber. The door is a crack, seam or opening in the earth. The roof is sky, water, air, rain, moss or living thought. The floor is memory. The walls are attention. To enter a fairy fort is to stop being a visitor and become a participant. That is why these places feel dangerous. They do not ask permission to change you. They show you the part of yourself that is still alive.

On E-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) bisected by NW-SE roadway. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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