What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Teerelton is a circular earthwork in County Cork, Ireland, with a raised rim, shallow outer ditch, and two wide breaks that suggest human entry rather than fairy invention. It sits on an east-facing slope in pasture, facing another ringfort on higher ground, as if the land were crowded with small defences. The name may be folklore, but the shape is clear: a made place, likely lived in or avoided, where people marked boundary, shelter, or warning in soil.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised area (32m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by scarp (max. H 1.6m), shallow external fosse (D 0.4m) survives for short distance to N. Break in scarp to ESE (Wth 6m) and SW (Wth 6m). Interior saucer-shaped. Ringfort (CO082-035001-) in view on higher ground to NNE. 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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