What is recorded here

No fairy ever flew here. A family lived here, built a round home, lost the roof, and left the ground marked. The fort field still holds that shape because people kept using the land around it.

In pasture. Arc of hachures SE->SW depict bank on 1938 OS 6-inch map, broken line SW->SE completes circle enclosing oval area. Circular, slightly raised area (diam. 23m) enclosed by low earthen bank in parts (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m). According to local information, known as the fort field. Fulacht fiadh (CO071-059002-) c. 20m to SE of enclosure. 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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