What is recorded here

Kilgilky North is called a fairy fort because people believed the hidden chamber underneath the soil belonged to the fairies. The chamber is no longer visible, but the field still holds the shape of a circle and the memory of a house.

In pasture, on crest of low hill. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map, bisected N-S by townland and barony boundary; W half of enclosure survives on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; arc (C 34m) formed by scarp (H 1m) survives SSW->NNE on W side of barony boundary; scarp continues on line of circle on E side of field boundary for c. 12m. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 54) as single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 38yd) on T. Dulohery's and J. Sheehan's land; portion in J. Sheehan's levelled; remaining bank was c. 6ft H. Man-made underground passage (CO024-07501-) c. 4.5m W of fort. 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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