What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. Its earthen bank still marks a narrow oval on a south-facing slope, enclosing two adjoining hut foundations now buried under grass. People may have lived there before folklore arrived, shaping the same stones into a home for unseen creatures. The fort keeps both truths without needing either to be complete.
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (c. 30.5m N-S; c. 26m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) SSE->N; low bank to E. Foundations of two adjoining hut sites (CO134-047001, CO134-047002-) in 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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