What is recorded here

Marianne said the fort was built by fairy hands because no human would waste good land on a circle with no house. She died before winter, leaving behind a woman strong enough to face any room and clever enough to leave it empty when it belonged elsewhere.

In pasture, on natural rise. Roughly circular area (31m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 1.5m); second bank (H 1.2m) W->E. Banks separated by shallow fosse. Inner bank broken to NE (Wth 5.2m) and SE (Wth 2m), latter stone lined. Disused laneway (Wth 2.5m) cuts E-W across S half of interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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