What is recorded here

Fairy forts in Monanimy Upper are earthen rings people stopped trusting because they witnessed what the land did to ordinary life. This one measured twenty metres across and still stands recorded beside a true ringfort, though soil and forgetfulness have erased its edge. The real boundary may be the difference between a circle strong enough to hold a person and a circle deep enough to take one.

In tillage, on W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Ringfort (CO026-07901-) in same field c. 50m to NNW. 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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